2 1/2 boxer "turned" on our 7 month son

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sashamom

Boxer Insane
Telmar will let you pull on him, sit on him and in general 'abuse' him and will not even growl....he is a trooper and i would never hesitate to let him play with any kids...Sasha on the other hand is very tolerant but does not like kids 'in her face' and has been known to growl and 'snap' if she is irritated...she will always give warnings and we tell the kids not to get in her face! Just like any kids...human or fur...its an adjustment periodto each other. Good luck!!
 

kagaines

Boxer Pal
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My two year old niece is just attached to Butch. She often walks up and hugs on him, they fall asleep together, etc. He's never actually bitten her, but he has 'nipped' (for lack of better term) to let her know when she is hurting him. It was his way of warning her, and with up to six kids in the house at any time, not to mention adults, he has been very patient and has issued this 'warning' to others as well.
 

kassa

Boxer Insane
Please don't put your dogs in this position. Toddlers and small children sometimes bring out the worst in dogs. The dog may tolerate a small amount of abuse as it would from a puppy, but at some point, puppies get nipped or smashed with a paw if they don't heed the preliminary warnings. There's no way your human children will see those warnings, which tend to be pretty subtle and silent.

Then, when "corrected" by the dog via a paw or snarl or snap, their reaction will be the worst possible reaction -- usually shrieking and running, which will provoke the dog to smack them down, because a PUPPY's correct response would be to lie still and surrender, and that's what the dog is looking for and demanding.

It's not the children's fault, and it's not the dogs' fault. But they need to always be supervised, and children taught from a very young age that dogs do not like being hugged, hung on, or pestered in general.

Even if your dog truly is the most patient and loving of dogs, and will tolerate whatever's dished out, the next dog your child tries that with may not be, and it only takes a moment for a tragedy to happen.

A great many facial bites to children come from hugging dogs. They're never too young to learn that that's not acceptable.
 
kassa said:
Please don't put your dogs in this position. Toddlers and small children sometimes bring out the worst in dogs. The dog may tolerate a small amount of abuse as it would from a puppy, but at some point, puppies get nipped or smashed with a paw if they don't heed the preliminary warnings. There's no way your human children will see those warnings, which tend to be pretty subtle and silent.

Then, when "corrected" by the dog via a paw or snarl or snap, their reaction will be the worst possible reaction -- usually shrieking and running, which will provoke the dog to smack them down, because a PUPPY's correct response would be to lie still and surrender, and that's what the dog is looking for and demanding.

It's not the children's fault, and it's not the dogs' fault. But they need to always be supervised, and children taught from a very young age that dogs do not like being hugged, hung on, or pestered in general.

Even if your dog truly is the most patient and loving of dogs, and will tolerate whatever's dished out, the next dog your child tries that with may not be, and it only takes a moment for a tragedy to happen.

A great many facial bites to children come from hugging dogs. They're never too young to learn that that's not acceptable.

BINGO!!!!!! The owner needs to understand no matter what IT IS A DOG not another human and thus can not think rationally (at least like we do).
 

Darien'sDad

Boxer Booster
Right on. My wife and I have one fur kid and one skin baby.
Darien has never showed aggression towards kids (and only once towards one adult who happend to be a drug abuser) but we never take a chance. He knows to lay down when a little one falls or sits on the ground/floor. We taught him early that rough play stops with the word "ow" or "gentle" which works like a charm for us. And he definitely knows that our son is higher up the totem pole than he is. Our friends little boy even crawled over and took a rawhide chew strip from him once and he didn't even flinch.(That had us nervous because he had gotten to Darien and grabbed it before we could stop him) Even with all that it is still possible for any dog to be aggressive if hurt or disoriented. Darien has even growled at me once. He was woken up by our cat pestering him and he lunged and snapped at her. I popped him one on the nose and he must not have been entirely awake yet because he gave me a low growl/bark as a warning. A few seconds later he was fully awake and realized what he had done. I didn't even have to chastize him. He moped and tried to make nice/apologize all day. He was soo sad. It just shows that you have to always watch them. After all, you wouldn't leave two four year old humans alone would you? They would probably hurt each other.
 

MagsMom

Boxer Pal
Where is the respect here?

From the way you described this, your dog didn't turn on your baby. Why in the world would you let your infant climb on the dog? Yea, it probably looked cute, but the dog has to be respected here. You can't just let children do what ever they want to the dog (it is a dog) and then get mad at the dog for reacting the way a dog would. I too have a 7 mos old son and would never dream of letting him climb on my dogs.

The best way to prevent this kind of problem is to never put your child or dog in the position where it can happen. You as the parent have to be vigilant and look out for both of them.

I wish you the best and pray that you have no further troubles.
Candice
 
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