They're very slow so it's easy to kill them with a bow. You can also stab them with a pike or a spear while walking backwards without getting hit.

Do not pet a snip snap dog. It will snip snap. A lot.

This creature is either your best friend or your worst enemy. I recommend hammering speed, damage, and health. If tamed, it is a great early swimmer and good at helping tame other creatures. It doesn't make much noise so it can easily sneak up on you. Run away and shoot with tranq arrows. If you get stuck in it due to jumping or lag. Well. You can kiss you're butt good bye.

I killed 6 of these guys without any weapons, I agro-ed them and ran into 2 ankylosaurses and I let them fight, they all died and harvested them!