So I was 37m single set on not having kids when I got an Australian cattle dog. Literally the day he got his final parvovirus vaccine I took him out with me to drinks with a couple coworkers where I met my now wife who was a friend of a coworker.

Fast-forward 4 years I’m married have 2 kids (both conceived after marriage tyvm #firstinmyfamily #generationalfamilyissues #omgwhyisthisboomerusing hashtags #causeimaddandalreadyinsideaparenthesies) and my dog is a absolute love but very protective and has a biting problem.

He’s never broken skin on me my wife or kids but he does regularly bite my older daughter. He has broken skin on several people we are close to though. I’m not worried he will mail our daughters but it’s very difficult to have a dog you have to lock away whenever people are over and my wife hates that he bites our daughter.

Should I try and re-house him, are there ways to fix this. I love the guy but he is a problem.

Edit: I would have never gotten an ACD if I thought this was going to be my future. I knew what I was getting into with the breed, I just didn’t think I was ever going to have a family. He does love our daughters too but a two year old doesn’t understand why he bites.

  • harc@szmer.infoEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    My expiriance with sheep dogs was that they dont care what sort of animal you are, they will attempt to herd you and it’s crazy how effective they can be with a group of people… So small fast bites, showing teeth or pushing against anyone might be an attempt to push in a given direction.
    No idea how bad of an advice this might be, but I’ve once heard that to dominate a dog one way is to (playfully, lightly, but holding them firmly) bite it on the ear. It seemed to have worked with my adolescent absolutely murderous cat. Seems I was accepted as maybe still shit at hunting pray other than cans and treat packs, but strong enough not to be messed with outside of play. As much as I would enjoy hearing your wife’s reaction to you attempting to convince daughters to bite the dog I’ve absolutly no clue if that works with kids, or really at all.