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Honestly, in that situation I would spank before you end up with a seriously injured pretty. He needs to know that hitting hurts.

Quoting khigh:" Honestly, in that situation I would spank before you end up with a seriously injured pretty. He needs to know that hitting hurts."

Spank him to HURT him?? WTF??

takeaway his toys before it gets worse animals will only take so much before they snap and bite or i hate to say it but get rid of the pets

Quoting Raindancer:" My 17 month old has gotten to the point where he chases the animals around and hits them with toys. He ... [snip!] ... stuff for months on end and it isn't working. BTW this is now a post and run cause LO just woke up so it is breakfast time."

Honestly, at 17 months, it's a stage. Just keep redirecting and tell him "no"... It will stop eventually. DD did the same thing. It lasted maybe 3-4 weeks.

and for time outs keep putting him back till he does his time all the way through even if it takes 2 hours to do it...then have him go and say sorry to all the pets for hitting them

<blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" Spank him to HURT him?? WTF??"</blockquote>




Spanking hurts no matter how soft you do it. It does sting for a few seconds. I would rather spank than take a cat to the vet for a broken leg or a dog for a concussion. Almost a third of my animals I got because a child hurt them and the owners couldn't afford a vet. I've held several animals dying from a brain bleed after being hit on the head with hard toys.

Quoting khigh:" Honestly, in that situation I would spank before you end up with a seriously injured pretty. He needs to know that hitting hurts."

Teach him to stop hitting BY hitting...hmm..great logic there  

<blockquote><b>Quoting Live-Laugh-Love:</b>" Teach him to stop hitting BY hitting...hmm..great logic there  "</blockquote>




Hmmm... If spanking doesn't work, I wonder why I've never had a problem with DD hitting after the first time I spanked.

<blockquote><b>Quoting khigh:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" Spank him to HURT him?? WTF??"</blockquote> ... [snip!] ... owners couldn't afford a vet. I've held several animals dying from a brain bleed after being hit on the head with hard toys."</blockquote>




my biggest worry is the animal turning on the kid i have a aunt and uncle who got one of there dogs that way the dog is sweet but snapped one day and bit a kid in the face cause she kept always hitting him..my grandparents had a cat that my uncle would tease and one day the cat snapped and blocked one of my cousins kids who was not 2 in the kitchen in the corner and started attacking him

not even 2

Quoting Live-Laugh-Love:" Teach him to stop hitting BY hitting...hmm..great logic there  "

Jesus that's what I was thinking. I don't agree with spanking in any case but to spank a kid with the sole intention of HURTING him is stupid. I can't hit my boss when he pisses me off or does something wrong, so why can I hit a child who is 1/6th my size??

Quoting Alicia Holz:" <blockquote><b>Quoting khigh:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" ... [snip!] ... cat snapped and blocked one of my cousins kids who was not 2 in the kitchen in the corner and started attacking him not even 2"

Well I understand that. It's a stage. The kid will outgrow it. In the meantime, use extreme supervision, redirection, tell him no, and time out if she must. It's not rocket science.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Alicia Holz:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting khigh:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" ... [snip!] ... cat snapped and blocked one of my cousins kids who was not 2 in the kitchen in the corner and started attacking him not even 2"</blockquote>




I really don't blame the animal for that. DD has been bitten by the rats and mongoose because she squeezed too hard. She apologized to them on her own accord.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" Well I understand that. It's a stage. The kid will outgrow it. In the meantime, use extreme supervision, redirection, tell him no, and time out if she must. It's not rocket science."</blockquote>




yes and to be safe never leave the kid alone with the pets not even for a min...

Quoting Alicia Holz:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" Well I understand that. It's a stage. ... [snip!] ... not rocket science."</blockquote> yes and to be safe never leave the kid alone with the pets not even for a min..."

I wouldn't leave kids alone with a pet even if this wasn't happening. You never know what the pet is thinking.