Yay! Congratulations!

That sounds like a good list. I think I will borrow it for my rising 3rd grade dd. Thanks! :001_smile:

I think that we can look but not lust or ogle. If I see a man who is obviously built and attractive, I am going to notice that. Like someone else said, I'm married, not dead. But if I am openly staring, flirting, going over inappropriate scenarios in my mind, that is wrong. The Bible says that "as a man (woman) thinketh in his (her) heart, so is he (her)." It also says that if you look on someone to lust after them, you have committed adultery already with them in your heart. We are to keep our minds pure. So, it's ok to notice, but not to dwell on it. That is not respectful to your husband. You are communicating to him that he is not good enough if you are ogling other men. That is how I would feel if dh was constantly checking out or staring at other women. You can appreciate beauty in another person, be it man or woman, without crossing the line.

You guys are probably all right who say I should get rid of her. When I look back on the little things that we kind of brushed off or explained away, I get concerned. I don't want this to escalate into something worse. The big problem will be my DH. He loves this dog. I don't know how he will react if I tell him we should look at getting rid of her. I am sure he will not agree to put her down. I will look in to boxer rescues around the area. I believe that she can be trained to be a good dog. He will probably want to go that route, I am just not sure of the time and monetary commitment that will take for me to be sure that she won't do it again. I also don't want to constantly have to be on guard. I think that would make me super stressed out. I am praying that we can make a good decision. Thanks again for all the help! :001_smile:

I do have his business card. I think he is just starting up a new business because his card is an index card with handwritten info on it. Danestress, I appreciate your personal story. :001_smile: I may call the vet later after I talk the situation over with DH.

Thank you for all the advice! :001_smile: I will definitely begin training immediately and start putting her in her cage before I open the door. I don't want anyone to be hurt again! I don't have an attorney, so I am not sure who I would contact. I have never had the need for one before. Perhaps I should look in to this just so I can be prepared in case something comes of it.

Thank you for this advice. She is a fairly small boxer, not that that makes it better or different. She is just not huge, like my last dog. She weighs 45 pounds if I remember correctly. I am very concerned about this and am not sticking my head in the sand saying she will never bite again or is not at all dangerous. I just want to make sure I do the right thing. The only thing I can think of how she would view it as justified/provoked is that she only jumped on him first. Then he threw out his arm toward her and that was when she bit. Maybe she thought he was trying to hit her. It all happened so fast. I don't even remember her growling at him.

She is fully vaccinated. I did tell the man that. I am scared that we will be liable for something and we honestly, don't have the money for that right now. I get that it is my responsibility, so I am not saying it is not. I just hope nothing comes of it, because financially that would be horrible at this time. I don't want to have to put her down, but I can't have her biting people either. I don't know what made her do that, but I pray it is not an escalating thing. First, knocking over the mailman, now biting a salesman, what's next? I want her to be protective, but not to bite people who are not being threatening. :banghead:

I never thought about restraining her before I opened the door, but that is obviously a good idea. I will start doing that. She hasn't had a lot of training, but she is generally well behaved and obedient (except when she is jumping on and biting people!:glare:). She listens well to my dh and I, not so much to the kids though. So, maybe a good thing would be to work on her training for staying. She sits well and lays down, but doesn't stay there for long.

We have a 3 year old female boxer. She is not normally aggressive, but today some guy from a tree service came to the door trying to get us to hire them to trim the maple out front. This happens frequently, so it's not new for people to come knock on the door. Of course, she comes running when she hears the knock, but I try to edge her out as I open the door. I only opened the door a little bit, because I knew she was right there trying to get out. Well, she pushes her way out the screen door as I am trying to hold it shut and jumps on him. When he raised his arm to protect his face/head area she bit his arm! 2 puncture marks and it drew blood! :001_huh: She has never bitten anyone before. A few months ago she ran out when my ds opened the door to get the mail and knocked over the mail man, but she didn't bite him. He was more upset about it than the guy she actually bit today! The PO sent us a letter telling us to control her. She has always been a friendly dog, but appropriately protective. She doesn't like other dogs when she is on a leash, but does fine in a dog park. She growled at the vet when the vet got between her and my kids, but the vet said that was a normal protective thing. She is not as tolerant of my youngest DS, but he is kind of mean to her so we have been trying to work on teaching him how to be nice to the dog and not to pull on her. Overall, she is a great dog and I am so afraid of what will happen if he reports it. He was nice about it, but she DID bite him. I have never had a dog bite anyone before. What should I do? Has anyone been in this situation before? Thanks for listening and any help!

That is insane! What a sicko!

SO happy for you! :hurray:

Yes, this. It is good for her because she gets frustrated when she has to look from one book to another. This way it is all in the book. It is pricier than the non consumable version, but I figure for 2 years worth of LA it's still a great deal! I will use another curriculum for writing. There is some in this, but not enough to fulfill a writing requirement in my opinion. I won't start until 3rd grade though. I am looking at Winning With Writing. I will also teach diagramming separately, since I think that is important. She already knows most of the parts of speech because we did FLL 1/2 in 1st and the first half of 2nd. We started PLL the second half of second grade. The writing would have been too much for her at the beginning of 2nd, but it might not be for others.

:party:Yay! Congrats!

I just wanted you to know that I am praying for you. Have fun at the amusement park! Nothing like screaming kids and loads of junk food to distract you! :D

Congratulations!

:iagree:This is what I would do.

Thanks for letting us know! I signed my kids up too! :001_smile:

Those are good points. I didn't realize that many of the same resources are used in Exp-1850 as in Adv. Maybe I will make it easier on myself and just put them all together. Thanks for the advice! :001_smile:

Thank you for your reply! :001_smile:

No one, huh? :001_smile:

I am looking ahead and wondering about when my third child will be in 2nd. My older 2 will be using RtR and I wondered if he would benefit from doing Adv instead of joining the 4/5 year cycle in 2nd. He will have had no previous American history, so it seems odd to jump right into RtR without him having studied America. He also is not one to love school work, more like fights it tooth and nail :tongue_smilie:, so I wondered if the regular cycle might be too much for him in second grade. I would be teaching only the 2 programs at that time, so it doesn't seem like it would be too much work. After 2nd then we would be on Exp-1850 and that would give him 2 years of American History which I kind of like. What do you all think?

:iagree:This is a great response. Maybe this is her way of reaching out and gauging your response.

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I am excited to do MFW CTG next year. The ancients are very interesting to me. I am also excited to start 2 of my kids on Horizons math. And to do MFW 1st grade with DS6.