Hi,
I'm really hoping for some advice. My heart has just sunk, I've just removed my 17month old from my welsh collie twice in two hours as she has been growling at her.
She's a rescue from a bad background, we got her 5 years ago as a 5 month old pup. We've always taught our toddler to be gentle and always mean to never leave them unsupervised but it's easier said than done. We have just had a family dog visiting for three days who is very relaxed and this has led to an increased interest in dogs by our little one. The growling has happened in the few hours since the other dog left. When the growling occurred both times the toddler was trying to cuddle the dog and was being noisy. The dog looked scared.
We have to get rid of her don't we? They are normally fine together but I'm so worried that we would now be silly to not heed the warnings.
I love her so much and she is such a fab little dog but has issues and would be difficult to rehome. Equally the worst outcome for all of us would not be preventing this from ending badly. I feel like I've let my dog down but have to protect my baby.
What should I do?