Anyone know how I can stop my son from harassing my dog?! He'll follow the dog around and he'll pick…

My son is about the same age, when he was younger he went through this phase. When he would get rough I would sit down with him by the dog and grab his hand and have him pet the dog and say “gentle, we love the doggy” and show him how to give loves. It didn’t take very long for him to catch on. For the most part now he’s very good about trying to be gentle. Or you may just have to separate them until your son gets a little older and can understand. It would be awful if the dog finally had enough and lashed out at your son.

@tennesseehawk I've shown him the petting and he does that too. But he'll get bored of itand start rough housing. The dog has a lot of patience, but he has growled once he's had enough. I'm worried that he will hurt my son, even though I know I'd separate them before it could happen

my son had a phase where he would push the dog off the couch or hit him on the top of his head and I started doing tricks with treats and having my son sit with me and watch and let him hand the puppy a treat and I repeat "good boy" to the pup which then my son tries to repeat. he stopped in about week! Something to try! All kids are different

@lovelymomma.000 thats a great idea! I just gave him a timeout because he wouldnt listen when i said stop and i explained to him why he was in timeout and he's calmed down and is just petting the dog

I ended up having my son give my dog treat like he was a trainer and once he saw my dog only come to him he stop being mean... I think they think that's how a dog will play like if they were human at a playground

@mrs.letty.luna you might be right, my son is just a big rough houser

@mfn_ana I think all boys are love it ok though as long as the dog wont attack

@mrs.letty.luna I'm hoping the dog doesn't do anything. But I can't control the dog but at least I can raise a boy that's not mean to animals you know

You can control the dog as much as you can control your son..Discipline on both ends.

@chickentaco fair but I've had the baby longer so it'll be a big easier on that end