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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   Looks like you ain't takin your MEDICATION.   
   The CHILD ain't got NUTHIN to do with this.   
      
   "Stanley Barthfarkle"  wrote in message   
   news:Q%eCd.4040$Vj3.455@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...   
   > Sorry to top-post, but with the length of the original post, it   
   seemed like   
   > the best way.   
   >   
   > My guess is that there are 2 possibilities-   
   >   
   > a)- The child scared her at some point by making a strange sound   
   or doing   
   > something else that causes her to be wary of him.   
   > b)- The child has an undiagnosed medical condition that she can   
   sense, and   
   > is responding to.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > >I was just curious if anyone has ever had this problem before.   
   I have a 4   
   > > year old female yellow lab.  I also have a one year old boy   
   that she is   
   > > amazing with.  He can crawl all over her, pull her ears   
   etc...she even   
   > > plays   
   > > ball with him and gives him the ball by rolling it to him with   
   her nose.   
   > > She never growls and loves people she knows and doesnt know.   
   Other dogs   
   > > come rushing up to her and even when they growl or bark she   
   just stands   
   > > there and wags her tail.  I would say she is very submissive.   
   The reason   
   > > I   
   > > am posting is her reaction to my cousin.  We see him at   
   Christmas, Easter   
   > > etc...so only a couple times a year.  I dont like the way she   
   reacts to   
   > > him   
   > > and she has done this since she was maybe over a year and only   
   to him.   
   > > She   
   > > has very short barks but not the same as when someone rings   
   the doorbell   
   > > or   
   > > she is "talking" to other dogs.  Its not an aggressive bark   
   but one more   
   > > of   
   > > fear.  He has 2 dogs at home one of which is male but if a   
   male or female   
   > > dog were to come up to her on the sidewalk she is fine and   
   wants to play.   
   > > She is fine in the house (my sisters) but as soon as she sees   
   him she   
   > > starts   
   > > the barking but by the end of the night she is going up to him   
   for a pet   
   > > but   
   > > still very cautiously.  She is amazing with children, and has   
   no issues   
   > > with   
   > > anyone else.  We have had her since she was 8 weeks old so we   
   are unsure   
   > > of   
   > > what would cause this.  She is the most friendliest of dogs   
   and loves men   
   > > or   
   > > women and is amazing with children, it is only my cousin I see   
   any change   
   > > in   
   > > her.  Any help with this would be great.  I am taking her for   
   her yearly   
   > > check up in a few weeks and will ask the vet his opinion.(she   
   even loves   
   > > him   
   > > and gives him kisses)   
   > >   
   > > Thanks,   
   > > Chicklet   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   >   
      
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