For Christmas we adopted a 1 & 1/2 year old dog. I was quite excited we found him.  We have been trying to rescue a dog for about six months.  When we brought him home we were so excited.  We have had a golden retriever before.  He was our first baby.  His life ended early due to cancer and it took us a long time to make the plunge again.  So we found a new golden retriever and thought that he would be the same.  He is not at all the same.  He has a dominance issue and likes to put our hands in his mouth!  I do not know how to stop it.

He has nipped the baby in the hand.  It was a little more than a nip.  We rushed to the hospital.  I was so upset over it.  He had been bad with adults but he has been wonderful with the kids.  I am pretty sure that she stuck her hand in his mouth to take his bone.  So this was not all the dogs fault… right?  Her hand was cut a little but was horribly bruised.  We really thought that it was broken.   Luckily it was not broken but I left just wondering what to do about it.    We have invested a ton of money into this dog and we have accepted him as a member of our family.  So I am left with what do I do…