Treeing Walker Coonhound help! - Page 2

I would simply take it all with a grain of salt Miles83,
Anytime you can get help on the ground your better off than listening to a bunch of armchair experts on an internet forum.
If your trainer thinks the dog can change let him take that responsibility, you either trust him or you don't.

I never said put him down, all I said was you have a hunting breed and Walkers can be aggressive by nature, with higher drive than what would be compatible with a house dog.

Working dogs need to work, hunting dogs need to hunt, and they are supposed to be vocal by nature.

Don't leave angry, just use a little common sense and weed through the remarks for merit.

Good luck,
Moons.

Seems to me Miles came here hoping to justify her reasoning to keep this dog.  Sometimes the truth hurts.  I agree that if this was a household with no young children than it would be worth keeping the dog and working with him.  But there are tens of thousands of children scarred each year by dog bites.  It's not worth the risk of an "accident" 

"As he didnt leave marks or draw blood we are chosing to see if he will change."
This sounds like you're waiting until he actually does draw blood 

I don't have children, but I have a house full of dogs who are like children to me.  Some that are trained in personal protection (as in, trained to bite and fight a bad person on command).  If one of my dogs ever acted aggressive towards a child it would be gone, it is intolerable to me.  My protection trained dogs have been hugged, sat on, poked, had their ears and mouths thoroughly examined and had their toys taken from them by young children.  They are stable of mind and adore children and they instinctively know to treat children with utmost gentleness. 

The best place for this coonhound is a hunting home with no children.  

If this was any other situation I would see flexibility for the dog's options, but with a 1 yr old and a 3 yr old there is absolutely no good excuse to continue putting the children at risk.