If your dog bit your kid

Would you give the dog away?
Put him down?
Keep him?
What if your kid was mean to the dog?
Would that change anything?

I would probably either try to teach my kid not to be mean to to dog, or take them to the shelter/give them away. I understand that at certain ages, they just don't understand.

It would depend on if it was a nip or an actual full on bite and what the kid was doing.

If it was provoked by the child idk what I'd do but I'd consider putting the dog down. If there was nothing to provoke the dog, there would be no hesitating, the dog would be dead... I'm ready to do something with my dog because he is jealous of my son and doesn't want to share me. He will sit between my son and i and growl if he comes to sit on my lap... He is also going a bit crazy with old age so i try to give him the benefit of the doubt. He is very protective of my son but still doesn't want him near me when he thinks it's his time with me...

Quoting .Mommy.[40]:" Would you give the dog away? Put him down? Keep him? What if your kid was mean to the dog? Would that change anything?"

was it a nip or a big bite?
what size/breed dog?
how olds the child?

did it draw blood?
what do you mean by being mean to the dog?

my son would pull on my dog all the time when we first got her, she finally had it one day and nipped at him..well, more like put her mouth around his arm.she didn't bite down, she just grabbed his arm to make him stop..I don't blame her for trying to stop him..she's never done it again and he loves her to death, she's a little bigger now and isn't dainty anymore so they like to rough house together...

If my son didn't do anything to deserve it is shoot the damn dog myself.

If he did, well I'd probably just tell him that's what he gets for not listening, since I tell him 1,000,000 times a day to leave the dog alone!

It was a bite. About an inch wound, not deep though. It bled a little bit, but not much. He's a small frenchie. We were rough housing when it happened and the dog just bit. He is mean in the sense that he pesters him or tries to when he's eating. He pulls on his legs (he has hip problems so it hurts), he kicks him sometimes. Pulls him by his harness.

Spawn was picking on my dog, like downright being mean and trying to kick him, after seperating them multiple times, I said, fine. On your head kid.
Well, he nipped at her, didnt cause blood or anything just scared her and I said, told you so, so you better be nice to the dog

Havent had a problem since

Quoting .Mommy.[40]:" It was a bite. About an inch wound, not deep though. It bled a little bit, but not much. He's a small ... [snip!] ... to when he's eating. He pulls on his legs (he has hip problems so it hurts), he kicks him sometimes. Pulls him by his harness. "

If you were roughhousing then it just sounds like an accident.
Was he acting mean at all before then?

<blockquote><b>Quoting .Mommy.[40]:</b>" Would you give the dog away? Put him down? Keep him? What if your kid was mean to the dog? Would that change anything?"</blockquote>




Depends. If the dog was provoked and nipped the kid, then I don't see any reason to be concerned for future safety. That's if the kid is old enough to understand why the dog did that and to understand how to avoid.


If the kid is very young I'd scold the dog and make sure to keep the kid away from him.
If the dog seems agressive towards the kid, I'd pen the dog somewhere safe and enroll it in obedience classes and only as a last resort would I re-home it.

DH's puppy bit my DD's cheek and at first I was super pissed, and wanted to get rid of him (I don't like him anyway and DH doesn't even pay attention to the poor thing) but after a while I simmered down and realized that he was probably just playing and that DD (19mo) plays pretty rough with him. So we kept him. He hasn't done it since.

IF it was a full grown dog his ass would be gone, though.

Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:" If you were roughhousing then it just sounds like an accident. Was he acting mean at all before then?"

No not at all. It just happened so fast. His bark when he did it was scary, which makes me think Daniel may have hurt him accidentaly.

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I wouldn't get rid of him.

Quoting .Mommy.[40]:" No not at all. It just happened so fast. His bark when he did it was scary, which makes me think Daniel may have hurt him accidentaly. "

I would keep him, it was probably a roughhousing accident.