Sounds like her major interaction with a child was a bad one. It's too bad you couldn't have gotten her engaged with other kids that were well trained concerning how to treat animals right away after the event.
I really don't have any advice for you since you don't have any kids to work with her. You do need to deal with her growling at you for touching her. It sounds like she has decided she needs to be defensive for some reason. I would tell her "NO!" loudly when she growls at you. She needs to know it is unacceptable behavior and that you are in charge there.
Hopefully, someone with some good experience in dealing with animal behaviors can help you with the child interaction thing. |