This is just a story of my experience with my son's Jack Russell terrier, Mandi was 7 years old when my first grandchild came along. Basically Mandi ignored the baby. When Rachel was 2 years old we had what I refer to the Cheerio Caper. Mandi spent a good deal of time over the past two years eating what ever hit the floor under the highchair. Well this one day, Rachel tried to take a Cheerio off the floor for herself, she was a typical two year old. Mandi snapped at her. She did not draw blood or break the skin, but she was trying to make it very clear that if it hit the floor it was hers. Well my son and his wife flipped, could not understand why their now 9 year old dog would bite their child. Surprise, Mandi was not being mean, she was being a dog. No matter the breed of dog, you do not allow small children to corner or mess with the dog period. Mandi went on to live to the ripe old age of 16 or 17 years old and she and Rachel became the best of friends. |