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.
Get rid of this dog. My brother had a dog almost the same breed and it bit my niece and she was ok but it did break the skin. Years later when he had children the dog attacked his 3 year old daughter and mauled her face, she had to have major reconstructive surgery and has massive scars. The put the dog down after that, but they didn’t see the signs when it bit the first time.