Your original post indicates that, even though your puppy has already bitten 2 people, that you would like to try to keep him and "work this agression out of him permanently." It then goes on to state that "I have 6 grandkids who range in age from 1 month to 15 years, and he must eventually be a safe, friendly dog with the kids." This is where some people got the impression that you may try to keep this dog and allow him to be around your grandchildren.

With the exception of a select few, no one here is trying to insult or attack you. As for those who are, you need to let their comments roll off your back and try not to take them personally. I'm sorry you feel that way about the forum. The majority of the people here are wonderful and a lot of good advice has come from here.

If you do not want to hear from anyone else on this topic, you should be able to close the thread by deleting your original post.

It is a pity that genuine questions end up as a dispute and flaming,a lot of the answers given are true,it is a real risk to children having a dog like this and yes there are many people out there who will take your money and tell you they have cured the problem,some can others cannot.
Whilst I may seem hard,give the dog to someone who can make use of its talents and buy a new puppy that is friendly.
In the long run it is kinder to rehome the dog than later have to have it put down

Ok, I am going to talk out of "school" a bit. Sorry Terri, but it is very educational for everybody.

The story with this dog is it never "bit" anybody. It snapped 2 times at different people. In neither case did it break the skin, draw blood, or even make a mark on the skin. This happened in the first 4 days that the dog was in it's new home. In both cases the dog was provoked n my opinion. Of the "trainers" she called, none of them looked at the dog. When a trainer did look at the dog and work with it it took a few minutes and the dog was fine. The trainer that actually looked at the dog says the dog is fine. NO TEMPERAMENT PROBLEMS. He has been allowed to get away with growling and snapping, and people would leave him alone if he did it. If he didn't get away with it he was fine. "Oh, there are new rules, this won't make people leave me alone so I will make the best of it." Gee, another case of a dominant dog in a home that couldn't/wouldn't deal with it (The first home, NOT TERRI).

Here is my point. Language is notriously imprecise. Looking at the origional post I thought 2 things; 1) Another dog with a temperament problem, 2) This story doesn't sound quite right, what am I missing. What we missed is we didn't get the full story, and the part we got sounded really bad. Had Terri automaticly listened to people on the list this perfectly fine dog would have been put down with out an evaluation by anybody that knew about dogs. It didn't even take long to demonstrate that the dog has a lot of potential. Terri is even smarter than I would be, because she is going for a second opinion.

The toughest thing to do is diagnose a problem with out seeing it. I have seen this before, and the dog suffers because no one takes the time to look at the dog. Remember what they say about when you ASSUME......

This dog can never be trusted. Don't pass this problem on to someone else. Do the right thing.