Don't have much time right now but one thing is to leash your dog to prevent an attack and have visitors not look at the dog, especially children, as they tend to stare at dogs and unsettle them. Have the child ignore the dog, toss high value treats to your dog in the front yard for a while, then go in the house dropping a treat or two, then go inside, you and the dog following, and then sit down with the bag of treats, tossing one out every so often and giving the dog enough lead on the leash to get them. No eye contact and no attempts to talk to the dog - just a "meet/meat-and-eat". A few visits of just that will help to start to show the dog a child visitor means fresh boiled chicken!
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |