Rehoming a dog

A 9.5 year old dog that hates children isn't going to get adopted.

Real Talk.

Would you rehome your kid ?

She’s going to have a hard time getting adopted at that age
Have you tried working with a trainer to see if there is anything you can do to help her better tolerate kids?

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Have you tried working with a trainer to see if there is anything you can do to help her better tolerate kids?

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We put her through obedience school when we got her and she did great. We have not gone the specific kid-dog trainer route, but I have looked into it. It is difficult to find anyone around here to come into the home to assist. Our kids are young and require a lot of care, and unless it is something that can be done in the home a couple times a week in the evening, then we can't do it.

We did do a lot of reading when the children were born on how to socialize the dog to the children, and we followed the advice we read. I think that made a difference in that she tolerates the children, rather than she is openly hostile to them being around her. However, she does not like them in certain spaces around her (i.e. her spot on the couch), and try as we may, you can't keep 3 young kids away from her all of the time.

does she get along with other dogs and cats?

Yes to dogs, once she's socialized to them. She likes to show some dominance over them, and she's gets a little playful with them sometimes.

She's never been around cats.

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Would you rehome your kid ?

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one is a kid. One is a dog. I don’t get your point.

She growls at the kids? What does she do?

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She growls at the kids? What does she do?

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Yes. And it's gotten worse of late. And she went a little beyond that twice last week.

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Yes. And it's gotten worse of late. And she went a little beyond that twice last week.

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When I first got a dog I lived in the city. I wanted the dog to be safe from doing something stupid like getting run over by a bus. Obviously letting her get hit to teach her was not an option, so the first time she stepped off the curb without my permission I quickly convinced her that I would kill her the next time she did it. She was the smartest best behaved dog I've ever had, lived on Magazine St. at the time and could open the door, let her out in a non-fenced yard by herself and she'd come right back to the door when done.

Either you can teach the dog that biting the kid may result in her death, you can teach the kid that fricking with the dog may result in their death, or you can just let the dog bite the kid and learn their lesson that way.

Nobody wants to adopt your geriatric mutt who doesn't like kids.

Almost forgot, step 1 put the dog on the floor and sit on "her spot" on the sofa, every single time you sit down, you let her set the pecking order you're asking for trouble. I now have 2 large male dogs. The dog gets a hint of an attitude about something like that, they immediately get banished until the attitude changes.