Knowing I am very familiar (not professional though) with dog behavior, and have hung out with her child and dog together many times, a mom came with me hysterical: after "no" warning her dog who ADORES her kiddo and is usually super gentile growled and snapped at him twice.
She says "my kid was being so nice to the dog, he was hugging her and petting her, the dog did that with NO warning, I don't think she wanted to hurt the kid because she didn't bite. how do I train the dog not to snap again?"
I know that dog through and through and I know that dog gave 20 different warning signs over the course of a long enough time and she only snapped when each and every one of them was ignored.
Upon me giving her a list of warning signs the mom confirmed the signs but she thought the dog wasn't serious.
The dog was looking away from kid and at her, licking her lips, twisted her nose and moon eyes. Usually the dog would have walked away but the kiddo was on top of her. (The kid is 10 months too young to be taught). The kid should have beem removed from dog way earlier than that.
On top of that I have noticed they have been allowing kid to steal toy from dog's mouth and then scolding dog when she gently takes toy back (I already told them when they asked for advice to not let kid touch dogs toys but their solution has been that no one gets the toys so they took them away).
Also they allow kid to put hands in water bowls as she's drinking. I gave a very stern talk to parents because they will lead the dog to actually hurt the kid and then blame the dog.
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/rda4vy/human_parents_if_your_dog_is_good_with_children/
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