Reply #34: Might be safe, but the dog won't understand it. [View All]

She didn't put the dog there. The dog submitted to you. Her releasing the dog may not register with the dog as his focus is on you, the alpha. There is the chance that a mixed message will register with the dog being released by someone else and not being kosher with him. You don't want that.

The problem is that your dog is treating your daughter like another dog (natural). That nip on the face would have been nothing to another dog. They don't always remember that standing on two legs is any different.

You need to correct the dog IMMEDIATELY when any sort of wrongdoing is being committed. That doesn't always mean alpharolling the dog each time. A stern, simple "NO!" when the dog does something inappropriate. The dog will register "oh, okay I can't growl at this packmate. oh, okay, I can't nip at this packmate." He'll get it. Be consistent.

And never leave dog and kid(s) together unsupervised.