[capt_noonie]

I don't have children but have two young nephews (6 yrs and almost 2yrs), children can get "too comfy" with pets sometimes and get a little overzealous. Perhaps the little girl did somthing to aggravate your furbaby and now she is being territorial?

I have own my own shop where I bring Uni with me everyday. Uni LOVES children, but sometimes she can tell when a child is too hyper, too crazy, too something. she will hide on her bed at the shop, and if the child comes too close to her "safe" bed zone she will growl. However, she has never snapped at a child. Also, in the rare occasion an actual "crazy" person will come into the store, she will not greet them, or she will check them out, deem them crazy, and proceed to hide.

I'm not saying the 2 year old did somethng wrong, but sometimes dogs can sense something we can't. If your dog is showing strange behavior, it may be because something strange has occured. Just my thought.