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Originally Posted by 450knotOffice
No doubt there are exceptions, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, dogs can be trained to adjust. Remember, human FAMILIES with children of all ages have been living with pet dogs for thousands of years all over the planet. It's a normal condition of human existence. If dogs were as prone to maim the little kids as some of you seem to feel, then we as humans would never have established such a close relationship with these animals.
Certain dog breeds are to be excepted, I believe, such as the dogs bred for fighting. My brother has a fairly large Pit Bull, and she's a sweet dog. However, around my dogs, she is an unrelenting bully, and I don't trust her. So, I would never trust a dog like her around a child. Never.
Most other dogs - yes.
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That's right.
A dog is first an animal, a pack animal, and will nurture and protect the young members of its pack. This holds true even when they are not its own pups - this happens all the time in the wild species from which dogs are derived, the wolf. You can't take animal out of "dog" no matter what you think or believe.
If your dog has psycho issues, then who knows what will happen.
If you were really going to be responsible, then you will not acquire a psycho dog to begin with, you will train it and get help training it as it grows up.