I’be posted in the dog section as the last thing I need is a bunch of people telling me I’m a bad mum!
I’ll try to keep it short, I have a 18 month old son and a 2.5 year old sheepdog.
Dog is fantastic with son, just wants to play and is very patient. They are NEVER left alone or unsupervised.
Also we’re all living in a small house due to our house having some work done and us having to move out short term.
My son has started to pull dogs fur, ears and tail and I feel he does it for attention.
I’ve tried:
giving him into trouble (saying NO! Sharply and then saying “we don’t hurt”)
taking son away from dog and then giving the dog lots of attention
taking the dog away from son (although I feel like this is punishing the dog as she then has to sit behind the baby gate in the kitchen)
Nothing seems to work and I’m just really looking for advice.
Today dog walked up to my son and lay down and son hurt her really bad. She handled it very well but I’m very conscious that I do not ever want her to feel scared or she needs to bite etc so I just need some advice really - sorry for the long post