How to stop a 13 month old hitting our dogs?

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Anyone experience this b4? It mite bother me less if our dogs were smaller but they r quite big. Ive tried removing him from the room, shoutin (to shock him) etc but e seems a little young to understand.... Will e grow out of it? Our poor dogs r good wi him really n dnt growl or anything I just feel a little sorry for them!

i just said a short sharp no and removed my ds. I also said "poor doggy thats no very nice!". my ds is 3 and now pays little attention to our dog, hes just part of the furniture!

encourage nice behaviour - supervise stroking.

don't keep them together otherwise

playpn/stairgates to separate - clearly defined boundaries are a must.

I feel for you big hus

my 17 mth old loves doung this to the cat, i'd remove, say a firm no and if it didnt work sit him on my knee.

One day he hit her on the head with a large teether and she hissed and hes never done it since. However I wouldn't take that chance with a dog.

do you have a playpen>?>

You need to always, always supervise at this age and never leave them alone together. Your child need to be much older before allowed to be alone with them.

I dont have a playpen, but I never leave them alone... The dogs havent done anything to make me worry they know there place (well thats wat they have always showed us) they r both rescue dogs so ill pretty much do anything cos im sure,i couldnt find new homes for them... Mayb a playpen is the way until e is out of this stage?

I say every time 'gentle hands' and demonstrate how to stroke gently, then pull them away.

We had this problem too, but did as suggested above and said a firm "No! Don't hit doggy, not nice!" and removed DS if he persisted. It seems to have worked. Also supervised gentle stroking etc.

Have to be careful also of accidental things like ds stadning on the dog's tail.