I had a disturbing call from a potential client whose dog bit a child and sent him to the ER for stitches in his finger. She wanted to bring the dog to class for training. Unfortunately, once a dog bites someone, they are a liability in a group class, and most of the time they don't need training as much as they need behavior modification or management. So, because I am not doing privates at this time, due to time limitations, I referred her to a colleague. Last night, my colleague updated me on the situation. The dog is just over a year old, and has been in the same family since puppy hood. They took it to puppy class at Petsmart and did no further training. There are three boys in the household. Now, here's what could have saved this dog (another tenant's child is the one that got bit, and child's father wants the landlord to force the owner to get rid of the dog). When my friend questioned the owner, she said the dog never did anything like that before. What she didn't say, until she was questioned further, was that the dog occasionally growled at her own teenaged son, who teased the dog. People, please, if your kids torment your dog, listen to the dog's early warnings and get help immediately (not to mention teaching your kids how to deal with a dog humanely, instead of "oh, fluffy is great, my kids can do anything to her";). This woman cried all the way through both conversations because she is economically unable to afford a lot of intervention, or to move, and her dog is probably going to end up dead if she cannot rehome it successfully or convince the kid's father not to sue her or force her to kill her dog. If your dog is growling at kids, don't wait - find out what's wrong and fix it before the dog has to resort to another tactic.