Yet another Bubba behaviour question.. this time concerning young kids.
My SIL was visiting with her twins yesterday. They are 15 months old and tiny.. about 25 pounds. Bubba is hyper when people first come in and I didn't want him knocking over the kids so I put the dogs in another room where they could still see everyone until they settled down. Once they were calm I let them out. They both sniffed and slobbered on the kids.. the kids laughed and everything was fine. These kids are excellent with dogs considering their age. No problems there whatsoever.
Lola was awesome with them.. they shared food and rubbed her belly. LOL She was their big furry shadow.
The problem was Bubba..
He was great unless the kids were running back and forth.. which kids do. At first he was just following behind them.. then he would get in front of them to stop them from running. He was getting annoying so I moved him out of the room and put him in a down/stay. After 10 minutes I let him roam again. He was fine, the kids were still running around laughing. Bubba started following Zander and I was about to tell him to leave him alone when Bubba grabbed Zanders arm and blocked him with his head, the momentum knocked him on his butt. Zander was laughing thinking it was the funniest thing ever. I freaked right out. Zander was fine no marks on his arm, thank god for Bubba's good bite inhabition. My SIL was like calm down he didn't bite him. It was more like a hold but all I saw at that moment was his arm in Bubba's mouth. No teeth are allowed on any kids EVER!
After I half calmed down I realized where the behaviour stemmed from.. Hubby runs back and forth and Bubba chases, jumps at him, nips his hands and blocks him. Never in a million years would I think he would do this to a child. I'm kicking myself that it didn't click at the time that that's what Bubba was doing. Needless to say all chase games have came to an abrubt halt in this house and Bubba will be on leash from now on. That scared the living crap out of me.