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    We crate him and he is alone when he eats now. We don't want him to feel threatened or anxious. When he bit my son it was not during meal time it was actually over a treat. I do realize it can take time for a dog to settle in. And no the first family only had the baby in June of this year. They have no other children.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melly View Post
    We crate him and he is alone when he eats now. We don't want him to feel threatened or anxious. When he bit my son it was not during meal time it was actually over a treat. I do realize it can take time for a dog to settle in. And no the first family only had the baby in June of this year. They have no other children.
    I'd never realized that my former neighbors' Rottweiler had resource guarding issues until the day I was standing on their parking pad, talking to the husband. and saw her bite the man when he tried to pick up a rag he'd been using to wipe down his car windows. A rag. With Windex or something like that. Not a treat. Not something she should have wanted or considered hers. He had to go to the hospital. Apparently, even he didn't think she'd go for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    I'd never realized that my former neighbors' Rottweiler had resource guarding issues until the day I was standing on their parking pad, talking to the husband. and saw her bite the man when he tried to pick up a rag he'd been using to wipe down his car windows. A rag. With Windex or something like that. Not a treat. Not something she should have wanted or considered hers. He had to go to the hospital. Apparently, even he didn't think she'd go for that.
    Wow!

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    I have held off responding, as what I am about to state is not going to be popular. Good Labs don't bite people on purpose, past the little puppy, landshark phase. They should have bred-in-the-bone bite inhibition. I find that once they cross that line, there is no going back. My advice, without knowing you, Forest, the trainer, the veterinary behaviorist or the breeder: take the breeder up on the offer. Or just send him back to the breeder. This is too huge an issue around other children who might come into the house. I say this as someone who has done rescue for decades. I once had a food guarding Lab I rehabilitated over years, but he had been found literally starving in a state park in the winter. It took months to get his weight and condition truly normal. He had a valid excuse, but never, ever bit or scratched my son, even with all his noise. Granted, I took precautions at first. I have had others who had the issue come into rescue, and I found them impossible to totally trust over time. He may not have been socialized well and not trained well, or he may just be one of those dogs born a certain way. May all go well, no matter what you decide.

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    Thank you Charlotte. I appreciate and truly value your response. I'm glad you decided to post. It may well come to sending him back to the breeder. We are reserving making such a decision until after speaking with the behaviorist. I would be devastated to send him back but will do so if that is necessary. I truly believe this stems from a lack of socialization. The first family told me that shortly after getting him, the wife fell pregnant, and was very ill the entire pregnancy. So basically Forest had nothing done with him for the first year of his life. He just ran about by himself mostly, in a yard. Quite sad really.

    If we do send him back I don't think we will be getting another one anytime soon, though eventually I'm sure we will.

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    REgarding not biting on purpose: when my sister's dog bit a small child the dog's Vet checked his eyesight. The Vet said they might growl then snap as a warning and often the bite is by mistake. They've misjudged the distance or something.
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    Last night at feeding time, Forest became very aggressive. He was running around my son growling. I took a hold of his collar, not roughly, and told him no, and he immediately stopped. No food had even come out yet! It was simply meal time. It was at that moment I knew that he had to go back to the breeder. I talked to her on the phone for quite some time this morning, and she was so nice. She is meeting me at a half way point as she is a couple of hours away, on Thursday. We are sad but all of us feel this is the wisest choice. When I told my son, and asked him how he feels about Forest living somewhere else, he said he felt good, and told me that he is afraid of Forest.

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    A heartbreaking conversation and a heartbreaking decision, I know. We know you have to do what's best for your son and your family though. I'm glad the breeder is a stand up kind of person.

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    I think you did the right thing for your family and for Forest. I also think you lucked out (within all the bad luck) that you ended up with a dog from a breeder that is 100% responsible and stands for their dogs (very few luck out like this especially from a re-home) and there was a safe, quick, easy solution.

    I am sorry it was such a bad experience for your son. Hopefully this doesn't make him afraid of all/most dogs (or labs). I hope your next dog (when you are ready) will be a happy, laid back companion for your son (and the entire family).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tanya View Post
    I think you did the right thing for your family and for Forest. I also think you lucked out (within all the bad luck) that you ended up with a dog from a breeder that is 100% responsible and stands for their dogs (very few luck out like this especially from a re-home) and there was a safe, quick, easy solution.

    I am sorry it was such a bad experience for your son. Hopefully this doesn't make him afraid of all/most dogs (or labs). I hope your next dog (when you are ready) will be a happy, laid back companion for your son (and the entire family).
    We certainly did luck out! She is very kind. We have another small dog and our son is not afraid of her, so that is good.

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