re: Dog just snapped at daughter

There’s some good advice and also some bad advice in this thread. To start, the puppy is 7 months old. I grew up with labs. Some would just lunge and snap their mouth at you just to play but wouldn’t hurt a fly. As a puppy you need to discipline him, as you did. Yes he can learn what not to do. You also need to teach your kids how to act around him. Especially when he’s at that age.

I had a coworker who came in one day pissed because his dog had bitten his 2 yo son. Dog had never been aggressive. After asking a few questions he finally said that his son was eating something and would stick his arm out with food in it to the dog. 50/50 chance the kid would let the dog have the food. When the dog would try to eat it the kid would pull his arm back. The bite was an accident and completely avoidable.