Comments on: Dog safety for children http://k911dogtraining.info/training Free dog training articles and advice from a professional trainer Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jetflair http://k911dogtraining.info/training/dog-safety-and-bite-prevention/dog-safety-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-124 jetflair Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:54:19 +0000 http://k911dogtraining.info/training/dog-safety-and-bite-prevention/dog-safety-for-children/#comment-124 David, While your dog is simply acting according to his nature, any aggression issue involving a large dog and a small child is potentially a very dangerous situation. I would advise finding a good dog behaviourist in your area and consulting with him or her. In the meantime, please keep your dog and your child physically seperated to protect both of them. These issues are simply too complex and the stakes are too high to resolve over the internet. David,

While your dog is simply acting according to his nature, any aggression issue involving a large dog and a small child is potentially a very dangerous situation. I would advise finding a good dog behaviourist in your area and consulting with him or her. In the meantime, please keep your dog and your child physically seperated to protect both of them. These issues are simply too complex and the stakes are too high to resolve over the internet.

]]> By: David http://k911dogtraining.info/training/dog-safety-and-bite-prevention/dog-safety-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-119 David Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:37:14 +0000 http://k911dogtraining.info/training/dog-safety-and-bite-prevention/dog-safety-for-children/#comment-119 Our family has a 10 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback. Our 6 year old son continually shows his affection by putting his face too close to the dogs and does not respect the "sleeping dogs lie" rule. The dog reacted today with a bite to the top of the head. The behavior was not seen as it happened. The dog did not "attack" he appeared to retaliate for our son being invasive an then retreated remorsefully. Our son has ASD and understands the behavior antagonizes the dog, but gets overwhelmed showing his affection. Is there any reason to believe that the situation can be resolved with the dog and our son both existing in a healthy and safe environment? if so is there a course that can be reccomended to save the dog from an untimely departure from our home? Our family has a 10 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback. Our 6 year old son continually shows his affection by putting his face too close to the dogs and does not respect the “sleeping dogs lie” rule. The dog reacted today with a bite to the top of the head. The behavior was not seen as it happened. The dog did not “attack” he appeared to retaliate for our son being invasive an then retreated remorsefully. Our son has ASD and understands the behavior antagonizes the dog, but gets overwhelmed showing his affection. Is there any reason to believe that the situation can be resolved with the dog and our son both existing in a healthy and safe environment? if so is there a course that can be reccomended to save the dog from an untimely departure from our home?

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