Hey all

My mate has a white boxer. He is 4 years old and NOT neutered.

She took him for his walk tonight along with a friend and her Collie.
Now this Collie is a bit of a pain always jumping all over him but it has never bothered him before.
Well she let her daughtertake him (She is 8) and the Boxer jumped up and bit (on the hand) one of her neighbors who approached.
Now i wasn't there and her and her friend had there backs turned when it happened.

Now he has NEVER done this before or even tried to bite. He has drew blood on the neighbors hand but only on the top, (Not a very hard bite) by the looks of it.

What i need to know is, what the best option now?

1, Carry on as normal
2, Keep him in and walk him on his own
3, Rehome him
4, Put him down

The neighbor is fine about the situation, but in reality you have to look at the what ifs.

He is a very soft dog and as nobody really saw what happened we cant say wether he was provoked or if he was just protecting the daughter.

I have already given her the "If your daughter is not strong enough to handle him she shouldn't have been in sole control of the dog" speech.