Hi. I just want to check if this is normal. Our son is 2 years 4 months. We've always had dogs, so he's grown up with them. Now we have a 6 month old puppy and an old dog. The puppy does try to lick our sons face sometimes and is a little boistress at times. We've tried to teach our son to always be nice to the dogs and all animals, never hit etc. Most of the time he just ignores the dogs. But sometimes he might out of the blue hit them a little bit to see they're reaction i think, or if he's having a little tantrum, usually cos he's tired, he will sometimes hit them and tell them they're naughty etc whilst crying. We never hit the dog and are always positive with them so I'm not sure where he's got it from. Is it normal? Im worried, does this mean he might be violent when he's older? We always try and explain to him why he should never hurt animals etc. I just thought because we are animal lovers, amd have always showed him love and kindness towards them, he might have started liking animals already, but he just doesn't seem bothered.