I have an elderly Pekingese with leash aggression. Come to think of it, she’s that way unleashed too. I guess she’s just aggressive.
Stories of your daughter remind me of mine. Stories of how you handle her remind me that not everyone sucks at motherhood (I mostly go mental when my child screeches and it seems to shut her up while she wonders if I’ll really drive the car off a bridge as I warn).
I vote you guys get a dog (’cause a stranger’s vote counts, right They’re awesome and sweet and funny and have a love/tolerate relationship with kids, but kids get an amazing buddy who listens to and understands no matter what. It’s a great thing, even when they run away into the woods with wild abandon while you stand in the doorway clad in a nighshirt, screaming at them to come back. Or maybe that’s just my dog.