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My dog tried to bite my 21 month old today.
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I'm a wreck, and I feel awful. I have an almost 2 year old, and 3 months old, and a pit mix I've had since she was 8weeks old. I've spent the last almost two years training my dog to stay out of my first born way, and then, once he could move, my first born out of my dog's way. We've never leg him climb on her and I am constantly saying "may sure you're giving her space.
Everything was going pretty well until today. I was nursing my second and my toddler came up to me and our dog who was laying down beside me, he started to lay his head half on me and half on her and I was in the process of saying "bub, we need to give her space" when she snapped at him. She's never done this and she's never been aggressive.
I didn't know what to do so I figured the best thing would be to find her a new home since her and my son obviously are just not living well anymore. I posted her in my local formsaying she needed a home with either older kids or no kids, and everyone in the comments immediately started shaming me and telling me that I didn't do enough. Some even saying that I was awful and that I clearly haven't trained them, I was probably letting him jump on her XYZ.
I don't know what to do. It all happened so fast.
EDIT: I'm not keeping her, right now I'm waiting to hear back from my mom's friends (dog trainers) who knows full history and exactly what happened to see if they will take her permanently. They don't have kids and are older so won't be having kids. If that does not work out I will be having her euthanized. Thank you everyone for the support I've received today, I feel much better after the heinous things I was told on my local FB group.
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Don’t keep the dog. Just don’t. I don’t care what some of the ridiculously maladjusted people of the internet tell you. A dog that snaps at a baby for literally seeking comfort from his mother has no place in the home of children. Your children deserve to be in a home they don’t need to tiptoe around a grumpy dog in, and the dog clearly needs to be in a home that stresses her out much less. It is going to hurt your heart, I know you love her, but she can literally kill those babies if she so chooses and they have no choice in the matter. You aren’t a bad person for choosing your children’s safety.