“My dogs are trained! I do not joke about dog bites.”
Plenty of people on this thread are.
Your home isn’t the White House. The White House has a lot of people coming and going. The dog needs to be taken back to crawford or back into the Bush residence.
Who usually loses when a dog is poorly trained? The dog does. Either it bites someone or much more likely has behavior problems which lead to a trip to the pound. Dogs are great pets but take a lot of time.
I know many people who crate their dogs 12 hours a day and somehow expect a perfectly happy animal.
No dog should be ever be crated even half that time!.
A If my grandchildren are visiting, and eating yummy treats, my dogs are either in the bedroom, lounging on the bed, watching the animal channel, or in their crates until the food is consumed. The children are taught not to tease the dogs, nor eat in front of them. Our dogs are trained to wait until we have finished eating, and only sometimes do they get treats after the food is consumed.
If the grandkids are running around in the yard, screaming and acting like little banshees, my dogs are on the leash. (Malinois have very strong “prey” drive, and little kids running and screaming can trigger that in certain breeds.)
But, when my 8 month old grandson was here, sitting on his mother’s lap, our dogs were so tender and sensitive, creeping up on their tummies, gently licking his little hands, and behaving themselves like loving and tender parents.
That said, it is the height of stupidity to ever let dogs and children alone, unsupervised. Leashes and crates have their uses, but should never be abused for the convenience of the owner.
Obviously you have never seen Barney over the years or else you would not infer he is badly trained, from your later post I think the dog that attacked you has left you understandable afraid and semi hostile to dogs.
My mother was a bit like that apart from dogs that were ours. I think our greyhound cured her though after that she was daft about all dogs though not rash.