My 3yr old son is trying to kill our new puppy?

Last night my son was having fun and playing w/ our great dane pup. One min. they were getting along just fine and the next thing I knew he had her laying on her back while he jabbed a plastic fork into her stomach. I also caught him wrapping a plastic bag around her head about 2hrs. after the fork incident happened. We've had our puppy for about a month and my son has never shown any aggression towards her until this Sunday. Every once in a while I'll catch him stepping on her tail or squeezing her paws, he's even hit her upside the head w/ a shoe. He also lies and says that Duchess (the dog) bit him or scratched him. He even had the nerve to tell me that the reason he hit her w/ the shoe was because she choked him! WTF???I have never left the two of them alone together so I'm positive that she hasn't attacked him or done anything to hurt him. What's going on %26amp; what can I do to make him stop being so mean to puppy that he once adored and showered w/ kisses?

My 3yr old son is trying to kill our new puppy?
I don't want this to come across as an insult in any way but I think your son needs to see someone. That is not healthy, its not a quality life for the dog either, and one day when the dog gets bigger you might have a bigger problem on your hands when your son goes to hurt her again. The dog might bite and that would be horrible. Honestly you need to take your son to talk to someone. I understand that he is only 3, but even at 3 you know what is nice and what is mean, and he's being mean and he knows it.
Reply:try kenneling the dog and putting your son in time out when he acts that ay. He is probably just jealous.
Reply:Your son definitely has it in for the puppy. Sounds like


he is jealous or he has a deep routed problem . Try him


out in a day care facility like early kindergarten. See how he does with other small children and sometimes they have animals . You might have something that you are not a professional to deal with. I would do that Don't put this off do TODAY don't wait till TOMORROW
Reply:FUTURE SERIAL KILLER !!!!!
Reply:Please get your son some professional help and do not allow the him to be alone with your dog for even a MOMENT when you are not watching.





At this point they are both at risk. A while ago there was a story about a St. Bernard that mauled a child... after the dog was euthanized they found the child had rammed a pencil in the dog's ear. The poor dog was crazed with pain.





Please don't let that happen to your son or your dog.
Reply:You shpuld get rid of the dog and take your son to some kind of DR. Somthing might have happend to your son that he's getting all of his fustration on your dog....Maybe someone older did something to him.
Reply:He may feel the dog has usurped his position in the house and is jealous of her for the attention you give her. However, his behavior is extreme and you are right to be worried. What if you let a friend watch the dog for a few days- tell him she 'ran away.' If he reacts with outright joy, I'd say you need to make a decision about the future of this dog in your household. One or the other is going to end up hurt and your home will be devastated. Perhaps you should seek the advice of a child counselor. Good Luck!
Reply:Most 3 year olds don't think up this type of voilence on their own. You may want to control what he is watching on T.V. or what he is witnessing around him.
Reply:I think you need to take you son to a professional. It is not a proper behavior for a 3 years old boy.





People may think, he is fighting the attention from you, or he is jealous of the puppy, it is just not right to treat any life that way. By get rid of the dog is not the solution.
Reply:are you lying!!!? this is not normal behavior . this is a serial killer in the making and need to get him into counseling or give him up for adoption ( the kid or the dog.) id give the kid away considering you'd probably be safer with the dog around.
Reply:I can't wait til your dog is older and fvcks up your stupid little kid.
Reply:Get your son someone to talk to before it gets way out of hand,when the dog gets bigger he will start to be very aggressive towards your son.And since he is doing these things he either thinks the dog is getting more attention or he want him to go away and you may have to sell the dog or give it to a shelter,but before l did that l would get my son to talk to a specialist or something.l know he is 3 but do it while you can.
Reply:it sounds like you and your son are not ready for a dog let alone a puppy if he keeps this up he will kill that dog or make it mean. find it another home
Reply:You need to take this child to a child psychologist NOW. Don't walk RUN to the nearest mental health provider. Children should NOT be behaving that way toward animals. Do you discipline the child for acting aggressively toward the dog?
Reply:SAVE The Puppy.








John 17:3.
Reply:Other than your son showing jealousy over the pup...I agree with lollipoplips on this one. Way too often you see small children acting out in this manner to only wind up later being kicked out of day care, pre school or elementary school because the behavior escallates to treating other children like he is treating the pup. It is a serious issue that needs to be adressed now and not at some later date when it may be too late to anything other than medicate the child with drugs that will mess him up worse.
Reply:Sadly I know exactly what you are going through my son who just turned 4 and a 3 yr. old (girl) friend of his tried to drowned 2 of our kittens in the hot tub last week. This was not the first time the both of them have tried to cause harm to an animal and i can tell you i have learned the hard way children do repeat everything they see and hear . so my advice to you is show your son as often as possible how to treat animals properly and then make him do it in front of you. also keep the dog kenneled when you cant be right there to keep an eye on them , punishment for the acts of unkindness your son shows the dog and last but i believe most important absolutely limit what your son watches on TV even cartoons if you have had to watch some of the cartoons out today you would be shocked to see what people are considering humor and appropriate for small children, do these things and I'm sure you will see a bug difference in your sons behavior towards the dog..good luck
Reply:You have a serious problem there. I suspect that your son is feeling jealous of the pup. That needs to be addressed and corrected A.S.A.P. Without your child fully understanding the consequences of what he is doing, the result could very easily end up with your pup being seriously injured or dead. I doubt that your son "intends" to kill the pup......he has no comprehension of "death" at this age. But it seems he is "acting out" toward the pup in a very negative way. Even though he is 3, and doesn't understand what he is feeling, you need to talk to him and try to get a feel for what is going on inside. Focus more attention on him, and also try to incorporate the idea that the pup is not a threat to him as far as your attention for him.You are doing the right thing by never leaving them alone together..it scares me to think of what could happen. You have to find some way to make the little guy understand that the pup is there for him to love and respect, not feel threatened by.
Reply:Whos the parent here? Don't you have any control over your child's behavior. If you can't make it work, I'd put them BOTH up for adoption.
Reply:Your son is showing signs of cruelty towards animals, sorry but he does need to see someone about this, it doesnt' go away it only gets worse to where he might end up killing small animals.





He needs to seek help or you need to get rid of the puppy before he does some real harm to the dog. If left untreated you'll have a problem on your hands, either the dog will attack your son in order to protect itself or he'll end up seriously hurting it. There are laws against animal cruelty you need to protect the dog as well as your son.





Remember your dog is a big dumb animal and especially Great Danes where their legs grow so fast they tend to be rather clumsy, if he claims she choked him (unlikely) chances are he was playing too rough and she stepped on him.





Sorry
Reply:Sibling rivalry. He may be jealous of the attention the puppy is receiving. Be really careful, as this is not a good situation. You may have to get rid of the puppy, as I assume you do not want to get rid of your 3-year-old.
Reply:maybe he feels as if the dog is getting more attention, maybe you should give the dog away to another family with older children, it isn't fair to the dog if this continues



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