What would you do if a dog snapped at your 6 month old baby?

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All he did was touch her arm lightly. Didn’t pull on her or anything and she almost bit him. These past 6 months have been completely fine no issues. She’s a lab, my boyfriends grandmas dog.

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Dogs can be easily anxious when around small children. It's best to keep small children away from them until they're older.

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It would take more than one small incident, where no harm came to my child, in 6 months for me to get rid of a dog. I’d work on training with the dog and see if I can fix the situation as well as watch the child and dog more closely and keep them separate if I cannot watch them. Until the child is old enough to understand how to treat a dog they shouldn’t be that close to them unless you are also right there. Some people will tell you they’d get rid of the dog, but that would not be my go to.

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The dog would be gone. Sorry but my child comes first. What if it's bad next time? What if keeping them separated isn't possible? Doggo would be in a new home.

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Idk, I wouldn’t want any kind of dog around my babies specifically for this reason. You never know what could happen. But if you want to keep the dog, definitely look into some behavioral classes

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I mean if this isn’t a regular occurrence I’d just keep an extra eye on baby and dog. We all snap sometimes and get in bad moods is it that unreasonable to think that animals sometimes just don’t feel good?

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Maybe the dog was scared by the gentle touch. Keep doggy away from baby

What would you do if a dog snapped at your 6 month old baby?

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