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Your dog sounds as if it is afraid of your child. It's not unusual for dogs to be afraid of kids, even if they've never had a bad experience with one. Just not having any experience is enough to make kids something to be wary of. You need to monitor this dog and not let your child close enough to provoke a reaction, of any kind from your dog. You should learn about triggers, thresholds, counter conditioning and desensitization. Basically you don't just want to force the dog to behave a certain way, you want to change how the dog feels about your child. You want the dog to associate good things with your child, so instead of getting the 'keep away from me' reaction you get a 'wow a kid, fantastic something good is going to happen!' reaction. You do this by rewarding your dog with super good treats when your child is around, but not close enough to scare your dog. You do not want to punish your do for his behavior. He is being very clear about how he feels and letting you know that your child needs to stay away, if you punish this out of him, you may get a dog that just bites instead of warns. Check out this site for more info and be sure to visit the books page for some good training resources. [url]www.fearfuldogs.com[/url]