Agreed. It is important to differentiate between bites. And a person's individual situation works in the mix as well, as a bit child is a bit child regardless of the reasons. My kid interacted with all my dogs as he and they grew up. So I had that concern as well. I basically broke my yard into halves. In the back yard were puppies and young dogs who were still puppies. As they matured they moved to the other side of the property that was fenced in with locked gates.

Back to the original intent of the post. I have one dog who I can handle and rough house with to no end. When he is eating I can rub and handle with him with no issue. If he is eating a fleshy bone type meal he gets stand offish. He never showed any real issue but I have never tried to take it from him. If I pushed the issue I may have a problem, but he is on a chain, fenced in around him, so that something I do not need to pursue/figure out.

Like most things with the dogs it ends up being the choice of the guy dropping the feed everyday. EWO