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I never leave the Grandkids alone with Misty,the same with my other Akita I got her then found out I was pregnant but dog & baby plus the 2 that came along after were introduced under supervision & never left alone.My Grandson is 7 & youngest Grandaughter is 3 they are a bit wary of Misty probably because she is so big to them.Kids need to learn to respect the dog she doesn't always want to play.

But what did the kid do?

My cat attacked my stepdads grandson once, and by attacked i mean the cat was asleep on my bed and the kid started poking and pulling the cat even after a few warnings from myself for him to stop but he kept doing it, anyway the cat had enough and lashed out scratching the kid down his arm and so the kid ran off crying and his mum came up to have a whinge that my cat attacked her darling child when in fact i told her what happened and that frankly the kid probably deserved it for testing my cats patience for so long.

The point i'm making is that animals don't attack without a reason to so the kid may have poked and prodded the dog or scared it or something. If a medium-large dog wanted to severely harm a small child then it could very easily but a bit of blood and a small scratch seems to be a warning shot from the dog as if to say "stop that" remember that dogs can't speak, their form of communication when hurt or annoyed and want someone or something to leave them alone is to hit back once with a bite (cats have more control over their claws so they usually scratch)

I'm not saying that all dogs are placid, of course some a bred as attack dogs (either formally by the police/military or informally by tossers who think they're hard and usually have plastic bodykits added to their £300 nova) but most family pet dogs generally don't mean to hurt anyone unless pushed to snap back.

My dog's breed has a natural guarding instinct doesn't have to be taught,the Japanese women used to leave them guarding the kids while they worked in the rice fields.They've had their fare share of bad press when maybe they have just been protecting their property or owner although some have been down to bad ownership & not researching the breed.My dog when I got her had a habit of mouthing,she doesn't do it so much now but when she wants something she will take my hand in her mouth but she could crush it if she wanted to but she doesn't she's very gentle,wouldn't like to think what she could do if someone attacked me while she was with me.

This would only work if every dog was muzzled .. maybe I would feel more comfortable letting him off his lead without fear of other dogs provoking him ..

"me an Misty, ... best friends

That's because she's got to know you.