Quote Originally Posted by Fun&care View Post
I understand sometimes maybe the dog can't be blamed but I can't imagine how stressed I would be on a daily basis if I had a dog in the house who had the potential to bite and cause that much harm. I guess it makes me very grateful to have an amazing dog. You can put your hands in her dog bowl while she is eating, she won't bite, nip or even growl. I have never ever seen her even come close to growling or showing any sort of aggressiveness towards my kids or daycare kids. I am such a safety nut that I know I wouldn't be able to stand it if she was anything but amazing with the kids.

I think every dog has the potential to nip or bite even those with an excellent nature, they are animals after all. It sounds like you have a great dog in your family whose very nature seems ideal, but when an animal ages, their nature can also change, having less patience, and/or if dementia sets in it can change the very nature of an animal, not to say at all that this will happen with your dog, but it only takes that one time for an animal to snap and no matter how great a pet is, the risk is always there in my opinion.