Ed deals with this issue quite a bit in his articles and videos. Based on his teachings, part of this issue is pack structure; the dog does not recognize the child as being of a higher rank. Access to furniture is one of the factors fueling this, as a dog with access to furniture, and especially one who is positioning for rank, is resource guarding.
Or it's a child that sat on the pup so the pup responded in pain and bit the child. Kids frequently do stuff (often times unwittingly) that can hurt a dog. You don't know what the issue is unless you are present.
But the bottom line is still the same - supervise or separate. Teach the dog where it's space is (off the furniture) and teach the child to respect the dog's space and properly interact with the dog.
You don't know what the issue is unless you are present.
Was quoting the master trainer that created this forum. Sorry. Will restrict my advice to situations at which I am present.
What Michael said...
Just pointing out that unless an adult is there to witness a situation all we have is a 3 y/o child and a 5 m/o dog and ANYTHING can happen with that combination.
I heard a story about a family Golder Retriever that snapped one day and seriously bit a child in it's family. The dog was euthanized and a postmortem exam showed the dog had a pencil jabbed deep in it's ear canal. The adults in the family had no clue what had happened.
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That's why I was advocating Leerburg's groundwork program. I wasn't trying to explain why this particular incident happened. The OP needs to learn how to avoid any future incidents. I'd hate to see anything traumatic happen to the child or the dog, and the dog (if not all involved) could end up paying the price.
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We have nothing to suggest this:
... the dog does not recognize the child as being of a higher rank. Access to furniture is one of the factors fueling this, as a dog with access to furniture, and especially one who is positioning for rank, is resource guarding.
While all of this could of course be true about this puppy (doesn't recognize the child as ranking higher, pack-climbing, resource-guarding), nothing we have read suggested any of it. The furniture thing was addressed. The rest is conjecture. When Ed talks about this, he is talking about those specific issues being in play, and not saying that every puppy snapping at every toddler who falls on or hugs him is suggestive of these factors.
MHO is that based on the info we have, good recaps by people with long experience have been given for how to move forward with management and training of both species.
Nothing was said that should raise hackles, Duane.
These are good suggestions.
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....A five month old puppy cannot have "earned" free access to the house yet. This dog should be in the crate at all times unless directly interacting with the pack leader. ..... you need to implement Leerburg's groundwork program, including the pack structure video.
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No hackles, anyone. Just trying to clarify in case I was misunderstood. I strongly believe that Ed's groundwork and pack structure program may save this family a lot of misery. It sure helped me.
My earlier reply was just the result of MY misunderstanding. Bad day.
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Jenny, you'll hear in the Ed-Cast and read in the E-Book and see in the DVD how Ed tethers the puppy to himself as we mentioned earlier. (He talks about sitting at his computer with the puppy attached to his belt, lying under the desk.) He also discusses that the puppy is not loose in the house yet, at mentioned earlier, even without little kids around (and WITH little kids, make that x 100).
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