I met a woman and her 4 yo daughter earlier.
The little girl was wearing glasses and had to have eye surgery because of an accident with their d-o-g.
The mom spelled the word out so I didn't ask any questions. But man, what a sucky situation. 
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Ugh what an awful situation.... I don't know, no LO yet .. and I can't imagine life without our furbaby.. but I totally understand that mothers protective instinct kicks in..
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Hmmm. I think it would depend on the situation. If the dog was acting aggressively toward my LO, then some serious investigation would be needed, and probably need to find a new home for the dog. But if it was truly an accident, or if LO was taunting the dog. Then obviously it isn't the dog's fault and no repercussions would be taken truthfully. I think it would be a good learning situation, (especially if the LO was 4) and we would be able to talk about it and maybe figure out a different way to handle the situation next time.
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@MrsBrewer: this.
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agre with mrsbrewer. depends on the incident and the severity. most likely we'd re-home our furbaby.
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Agreed, depends on the incident. Our dog is not aggressive but she has scratched M accidentally when rolling around on her back. That would not be grounds for rehoming.
That being said, my nephew was attacked by my SIL's dog when he was a toddler. The dog thought he was attacking my SIL so, the dog attacked our nephew. He has a scar on his face from it. They kept the dog, I would have rehomed him in that instance.
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Agree with the others- if there was any aggression involved, I'd rehome the dog. We're really strict with LO about not bothering the dog, so I also would not accept aggressive behaviors even if LO was being a pain.
If it was something like a scratch while playing, I would work on things like keeping the dog's nails shorter, and more carefully managing their interaction, but I think sometimes unfortunate accidents just happen. -
If it truly was an accident I couldn't punish the dog. And honestly by the time my son is 4 I expect him to know better than to taunt the dog. At 16 months he already knows to block his face from the ever wagging tail, don't reach for the ball until she drops it (don't try to pull it from her mouth), and to step away from our little dog if she's growling (since that's her way of communicating that she needs space in that moment).
It's a tough situation but it definitely depends on the circumstances.
ETA I'm assuming the kid was taunting the dog just because I feel like if a parent is calling it an accident the child usually provoked it, that may not be the case.
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I don't know, but I agree with pps that it would depend on the situation. Poor baby(!) and poor pup pup!
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Our family dog but my eye when I was one. No surgery needed though. My mom have up the dog (it was the second incident.)
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