Ten years ago I may have even jumped on the bandwagon of people defending these photos/videos when someone dare say the dog is stressed and the child is in a potential bite situation. It doesn’t seem to matter how nicely the person points out the danger, or what credentials they have, the backlash that ensues can get downright nasty. It leaves you with a sinking feeling, you were only trying to help prevent something bad. (...) Now, knowing what know, it makes me feel bad for not listening to my dog all those years ago and am grateful to be one of the ones that didn’t have something bad happen. I’m sure if I looked back today, I’d see those subtle signs of “I’m not comfortable with this, help me”. The signs can be so very subtle, and can be easily missed. When the subtle signs go ignored and the dog finally has enough and bites, the people will say “I don’t know what happened he’s always been so good with the kids, he just bit out of the blue” It doesn’t happen that way. Everyone can learn what those subtle signs are, once you do they become like big neon flashing signs.(...) Just a second was all it took. My dog let out a deep growl and bit my son’s hand. Thank the heavens that my son was able to recoil his hand and shake it off with nothing more than a Mommy, Owie and a confused look on his face. No, my 2 year old didn’dogtrainingbyjess.wordpress/2014/11/12/my-dog-bit-my-son-today/t move faster than my now thirteen year old dog can bite, my dog has great bite inhibition. I am so very thankful for that.
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