My dog has just bitten me. V upset. What do we do now?

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I am absolutely gutted.

He is a Beagle and we have had him all his life. He is now 7 years old.

I have to admit that over the last few months he has been showing some confrontational behaviour in that he would steal one of the childrens soft toys and would be reluctant to give it back or growl when told to drop it or have it taken off him.
Anyway its become more frequent over the last few weeks. Whether or not its do with dc3 arriving and the fact we have another dog and its an attention thing, I dont know.

But and its a big but IMO, he does not do this when dh is at home.
Dh thinks its because he doesnt see me as his boss etc etc.

I told dh last week that if the dog carried on this behaviour we would have to do something about it as I cant be chasing him around the house getting him to drop teddies and him growling whilst I have to look after 3 young children.

Today really has been the straw that broke the camels back.
The minute I've got up with the children he took a teddy, he growled but actually gave me it back quite easily. I then go to makie breakfast and I can hear him with something else. He had taken another toy but this time he jumoed on the sofa with it, so I pulled him on to the floor to get him lower than me and held him by his choke chain and eventually he dropped it but the second he did he turned and bit my wrist

My dog that used to look after me, be my only company, cuddle up with me and be so so good has now disappeared.

Can anyone offer some advice please?

Thanks Turkey
I feel alot happier.
It upset me alot the thought of sending him away and I still feel a bit upset that the reason he is behaving like this is because he isnt happy but obviously that is their only way of communication.

I just thought I'd come back and update for those of you that offered me good advice.

Well the beahviourist came out just over a week ago.
She was a dog listener and trained by Jan Fennel.
All I can say is wow!
Everything she said made sense and was so sensible but yet it just isnt that clear to many dog owners.
She took us right back to how wolves are in a wild pack and how they behave and everything relates back to domestic dogs.

Oliver reacted straight away to it by panting and then because she was teaching us to not let him into our personal space, he cocked his leg up infront of dh and peed everywhere

She stayed for over 4 hours and I have to say I now have a new found respect for Oliver and dogs in general.

We've seen very good results from him in just this short space of time.
We still have a long long way to go but I am so so glad we called her in to help us.

Everyone who has or are owning a dog should do this training/listening.
I know we will have a very happy dog before long

Oh I'm so glad it worked out! We got the Jan Fennell DVD and have used the methods very sucessfully.

Congrats!