Hello Everyone~ Wanted to give an update on situation. We are going to work on re-training Bear, and if we cannot rehabilitate him, then I will look to find a new home for him. Then if I have to go thie route, I will know I have done everythign possible to help him - that I didn't give up on him. We did recieve a visit from my local Animal Control Officer, he stated that he was happy we were working with a trainer, to try and prevent this in the future. We have also aquired a wire Kennel, which is where Bear will be residing while we have guests at the house that are under 18 - so we prevent another issue in the next few months. We are also starting to work on individualizing the dogs, so that if we do have to re-home Bear, it is not so traumatic for either one. Bear has lost most of his privleges, his resting spot is the floor, rather than a lap. He is learning and responding well to the change. My husband and I are learning how to better help bear cope and stay calm with activity- he gets to go into the other room and lay down until he calms down enough to rejoin us. It is helping so far...he is staying calm longer.

While I don't trust bear 100% with kids outside of the family, I am not fearful that he might bite my daughter. She is almost 9 months now, and we are teaching her how to interact with the boys, showing her how to pet them. Both Bear and Monty are doing well with her being on the ground, playing.

My relationship with my sister is good. we are working to ensure the incident does not hurt our relationship. My neice is healing, no lasting damage/scarring (thank god!).

This is a tough situation for my family,we are working through this.

And someone asked me about bear nipping at my friends son, we had told him from the minute he walked in that he had to leave the dogs alone, he decided not to listen to us. I told him multiple times throught the evening to leave Bear alone. When he started to get upset when Bear nipped at him (did NOT make any contact, just bit at the air) - his mom reminded him that he was told to leave the dogs alone. Bear has also been around many kids in my in-laws family, ages 2 yrs to 15 yrs, when he has enough of the kids, he leaves the room.

thanks!