What I find concerning is some people get a dog as a nice young pup and get attached to it. The dog grows and develops some really bad habits of aggression.

The owners seem blinded to the dogs issues. They keep them as well usually with all the liability issues involved.

One lady I know is expecting her first child. Her dog will be a serious danger to the baby in my opinion. I expect her to keep the dog until something serious happens to the baby. It will be too late then.

She tries to keep the dog muzzled most the time because of the behaviors. The dogs behaviors are partially her fault. Certainly not all of it though.

Her dog should be put down. It will be at some point I am absolutely sure. It stays in attack mode almost all the time. She is about twenty three and I was surprised her parents let her bring the dog to their cottage last summer. There is an old expression. You cannot fix stupid in her case.

I once told a woman not to let her child play with a neighbors Doberman even though he seems friendly to the child. She asked me why and I told her there was no bump at the rear of the skull.

Some have it and some do not. Shortly after perhaps a week or two later the dog had the child by the throat shaking her. Fortunatly the owner got it broken up very quick and had the dog destroyed.

The childs throat area was a little messed up but it could have been fatal. The Dobermans with no lump on the back of the skull can let totally loose at anytime. I think they experience some form of nervous breakdown.

You look for submissive traits as well as friendly traits with large dogs and small children. An intelligent larger dog will also automatically guard them if his genes are right.

They genuinely seem to love small children as they are less complex to read than grownups I suspect.

I am the owner of the dog. If I were to act in an irrational way around any children when he was with them. He would even warn me off I suspect. You would be insane not to heed the warning.

He will never hurt what he protects. He also fully knows somehow that his warning will be respected. He is heavy and powerful enough to do real damage if he wished. He would have to be really pushed to act further. If unsure in any situation he simply backs off. He is fairly intelligent as well.

The above does not mean I do not construct various tests from time to time to check him out. I always will.