HURTING THE DOG PLEASE HELP

[MySonIsMyWorld]

My ds is 2 in May, he is always hurting out poor old little yorkie i mean really hurting him, punching, smacking him on the head with things, pulling his ears, poking his eyes etc etc is his VILE to him and i blame my ex (he used to be vile to our poor little dog too) everytime i tell ds off for doing it he laughs at me, i push him down and ignore him, he does it again and again and agian. My dog is 16 yesterday he had another stroke, he is in his last weeks of life and i am sick of ds treating him like this, any advice?

Separate them and do not allow him anywhere near the poor little dog.

You can't just ignore him, there has to be a consequence. Remove your child from the dog, tell him NO and give him time out for a few minutes. Do your best to keep child and dog separate - its horrible for the dog and your child may well end up badly bitten.

Oh no ds wont end up bitten dog has 2 teeth left haha...
I put him in naughty corner but he just runs out and laughs.....

He might well end up bitten if he tries treating a different dog like this.

Separate them when your DS is awake. Dog can have freedom of the house when DS is in bed.

Then you put him back! Put him back until he stays there! Or one day heis going to torture a dog with teeth, and lose his face.

what Spero said.

You need to get some control of your son , he may only be 2 but he sounds awful. I agree with spero .

Seriously, please, you are his mother. No one else is going to teach him. It's not his fault, its your job.

This is the second thread I have read today about parents saying - I say no but he giggles, runs off, it doesn't work... So say no and enforce consequence. Keep on enforcing it until lesson learned.

I know it can be hard, hard, work but it has to be done otherwise the next couple of years may be the rollercoaster ride from hell.

Your son sounds a brat. That isn't normal behaviour for a two year old. If my two year did that, he would be shouted at so badly he'd be too scared to do it again. Poor dog.

It's not the little boys fault if this behaviour has been modelled by another arsehole adult but now his mother has to step in and undo these horrible lessons he has been taught.

Keep them seperated until the dog passes away and dont get anymore pets until your son is older and can understand how to treat animals. if you were round a friends house and your son hit their dog the dog might well go for him, and they can do a lot of damage, and it wouldnt be the dogs fault. your poor little dog. can you crate the dog if they have to be in the same room?

agree with Spero..words of wisdom.

Call the RSPCA and ask them to take the dog away. You're not fit to keep an animal, with respect, and it's not fair. Smiles all round.

I appreciate you are choosing not to set appropriate boundaries for your child, but do bear in mind other, fitter dogs will not appreciate that and may retaliate.

Ditto what everyone else has said. Abusing animals is not behaviour you should be flippant about, not just because it's obviously cruel and disgusting but also because one day, your ds might try it with a different dog, and end up seriously injured, permanently scarred or worse, and the dog will most likely be put to sleep for defending itself.

You really need to teach your son to have some respect, not just for animals but for you as well, since he laughs at you when you try to discipline him.

Ah your poor little dog sounds like he has had a terrible life :@(
Please make a safe place for him, using baby gates or something. I feel really sad thinking about him. Remember how tiny and small he is compared to your toddler so the force of violence will be even more. "Oh no ds wont end up bitten dog has 2 teeth left haha..." It really isnt funny that he hasn't got teeth to defend himself. And nor would the consequences be if he did.

And on another equally important point, that others have made. I get so sick and tired of random small children approaching my dogs when they are off lead on walks and then slapping them in face and pulling ears etc. My dogs know never to approach children but parents seem to encourage their children to go up to them. Unfortunately one day your child will be bitten my a less defensless dog than your own. And I bet that poor dog will get the blame. Please try to teach your toddler respect for ALL animals and until you can keep him and the dog apart physically. Your poor little Yorkie deserves some peace in his final days.

Lecture over. Tips would be. Keep them seperate. Be consistant and make sure you DS knows the dog is no go and this is forever as it sounds like the dog will not live long enough for DS to get chance to learn respect for him. Could the dog go and live with anyone else such as your parents where it would be quiet and restful for him? In fact where in the country are you? I feel like coming to get him myself.

What everybody else said.

You are not doing your son a favour as well - he needs to learn there are boundaries and that animals need to be treated with respect.

also he doesnt hurt any other dog just ours

he is always hurting out poor old little yorkie i mean really hurting him, punching, smacking him on the head with things, pulling his ears, poking his eyes etc etc is his VILE to him

Sound like the life of Riley for an elderly dog.

Put up stairgates to separate them. Do whatever you can, but you must teach your 2yo that treating any animal like that is wrong.

Well no one's going to help you now are they? No need to speak I. Such a disgusting manner. It's quite simple, if you can't stop your child torturing your dog (he's not even 2 - who is in control here?) then you need to keep them separate. It's that simple.

Wow thats a bit uncalled for isnt it? People are shocked that you let your son attack your elderly dog and dont appear to discipline him and you think the best way to deal with the responses is to verbally attack other posters?

FFS, keep them apart!

Seems like the obvious solution to me.
Poor dog .