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 My daughter is 11 and the dog a mastiff was almost 3. This was my daughters buddy, she loved that dog very much. The dog had snapped at her a couple of times over the year. I don't know why he did and it didn't scary my daughter away from him so we did some behavior training, had the dog seem by 2 behavior specialist who told me it was a puppy thing and he would grow out of it.They said the dog was just trying to see who he could dominate, as my daughter was the only one he snapped at. In December he bit her on her hand and drew blood. That was it for me No need to wait and see how much further he would go with his domanation. It took me 10 minutes to get dressed and take that dog to the shelter. This was a family dog who was loved and well taken care of, He stayed in the house and was always at our side. I got lucky it was just my daughters hand. I don't think I could live with myself If he would have scarred her face. I know I made the right decision getting that dog out of our home. We told my daughter he was going to find another home without kids but that is not really the truth. I wouldn't have wanted that dog to go to another home where he could bite again.  

Suzy,  put your foot down and keep your child safe, tell your husband the dog goes or he goes. 

 My daughter is 11 and the dog a mastiff was almost 3. This was my daughters buddy, she loved that dog very much. The dog had snapped at her a couple of times over the year. I don't know why he did and it didn't scary my daughter away from him so we did some behavior training, had the dog seem by 2 behavior specialist who told me it was a puppy thing and he would grow out of it.They said the dog was just trying to see who he could dominate, as my daughter was the only one he snapped at. In December he bit her on her hand and drew blood. That was it for me No need to wait and see how much further he would go with his domanation. It took me 10 minutes to get dressed and take that dog to the shelter. This was a family dog who was loved and well taken care of, He stayed in the house and was always at our side. I got lucky it was just my daughters hand. I don't think I could live with myself If he would have scarred her face. I know I made the right decision getting that dog out of our home. We told my daughter he was going to find another home without kids but that is not really the truth. I wouldn't have wanted that dog to go to another home where he could bite again.  

Suzy,  put your foot down and keep your child safe, tell your husband the dog goes or he goes.