puppy and daughter

[janey]

hi.molly has been with us nearly 2 weeks now,and although she is good in most ways, we are having a bit of a problem with biting.she does get a bit aggressive,really snarling and lunging at our legs(or anything else she can reach),but after reading posts on here,i have come to the conclusion that this is normal puppy behaviour.i tell her no,and if that doesnt work(it usually doesnt)i take her outside and leave her to cool down before letting her back in.this is usually repeated a few times before she calms down.the problem is my 7 yr old daughter.i dont know what to do about her handling the situation.i am a bit quicker than her and can get molly in garden without much fuss,but megan already has marks on legs trying to get away from molly.

any advice would be great


p.s. molly tends to act like this when over excited or tired.
 

[dood]

When Poppy gets hyper my 6 year old daughter now climbs up on to the sofa with her legs pulled up and ignores her, as when Poppy goes mad you might as well just let her wear herself out and keep out of the way!

[Cob-Web]

My three yr old camped out on the back of the sofa when Molo first arrived as a pup 
We taught Molo to leave her my daughter alone by first teaching her to "stand like a statue" while I was on the other side of the room with a squeaky toy/treats - I was far more interesting than she was so he left her alone  It does get better, but for a few weeks I was in tears along with her thinking we had done the wrong thing 

I recommned not leaving your daughter and Molly together unsupervised while Molly is very young, at least, so you can teach them bot hwhat is acceptable and what isn't  I personally prefer not to leave dogs of any age with children unsupervised - they are both unpredictable and unable to assess situations; but my opinion has been challenged in the past as impractical  Even now (Molo is 2 and my daughter a sensible 5), I still do not leave them alone together - not even to pop upstairs to the loo 
I have heard stories where a child has been nipped by a dog when left with a child; the dog has been *blamed* and trust lost - only for it to later transpire that the child tripped/dropped something that led to the nip, and the dog was just being a dog