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The defensive might have kicked in when when you grabbed him.
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No, as the kid approached he taught the lease and tensed up, I felt it coming and it did he growled and I dragged him away, 2 feet later he was happy go lucky.
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is TOO dangerous. if you are unsure how he behaves with kids, I don't think it's wise at all to let your dobe nose a baby's face! if it were your baby, I believe you wouldn't want that. you never know your dobe may be scared of a sound the baby made and bite in fear. anything can happen.
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I was absolutely against the whole situation of having them in the house. Not because I was fearful of him biting anything, but more of him knocking one of them over. When I arrived I was apprehensive, but it was not going to take him out of one of the only social situations he has had with kids. He was absolutely fine with them and ignored them for the most part unless the acknowledged him. When you guys say its impossible to give advice without seeing the dog or reading him, well that is how I know that situation was fine, because I know my dog.
I believe the leash is one of the problems and just being out of the house is the other one, as he is a window barker/growler and anything that goes by because he can see out of it eye level. As far as getting a professional help, its kinda hard. We live in the middle of rural Missouri and it is an hour and half to the nears "big" city and I don't have the time/resources to do that right now if I wanted to. Also, I've never really been able to call petsmart professional help if that's what you mean since I met the people that worked at the one in my neighborhood in Vegas.
Thanks for all your replies though.