Teach the child quickly. If he feels it is acceptable to torment dogs like this he will not get much older without being bitten by some other dog with serious consequences for the owner and possibly fatal consequences for the animal. What kind of parent wants to know how to allow their child to safely abuse animals??

Wow the fact that she asked how to make the dog stop growling really bothered me... you should be finding ways to control your kid, idiot. If you kid stops punching the dog, the problem will solve itself. The dog has no other way to tell you to get your kid to back off and that it hurts

This lady is dumb. Boom. I said it. Sorry if I ruffled some feathers, but a mother should teach her child that hitting dogs is wrong. Its no wonder the dog growls!!!!!!

Warning: unpopular parenting method. My kid pestered my cat when he was toddler, I told him multiple times how to be gentle, pulled him away etc. Stubborn little boy wouldn't listen. So I stopped clipping kitty's nails, didn't intervene next time he wanted to be unkind. He learned that day why we respect animal's space and use gentle hands and he never pestered her again. Maybe wouldn't work with a dog too dangerous.

Terrible parenting....this is a symptom of much worse behavior. Absolutely clueless people should be screened at the obstetrician office and sent to common sense/parenting training. We would have A LOT less screwed up kids/ delinquent teens if there was basic common sense training for parenting

What a spoilt child. Unfortunately this is very common today. People don't seem to realize that dogs are alive and have feelings. I hope that the mother can learn from her stupidity, or that the dog can find a better home for to live in. :(

Kids that abuse animals grow up to be bullies. I've seen it happen.

GET A CAT??? NO!!! The cat is going to get the same HORRIBLE treatment that this rotten kid gives the dog!! DISCIPLINE YOUR BRAT KID!!! TAKE SOME COURSES IN REPSONSIBILITY AND HOW TO BE A REAL PARENT. MAAYBE Child Protective Services AND the local Humane Society should come over and take away the DOG AND the KID.

Go punch yourself woman, maybe it will knock some sense into your empty head. Sheesh, how stupid, ignorant and unempathic can people be? :/

This woman should never have been allowed to get a dog (or any pet) and to breed. Take both the dog and kid from her, she is too stupid to take care of any of them properly.

With a cat the child would be dead already lol

This reminds me of the time a little cousin of mine suffocated her dog with a pillow and her parents didn't say a thing to her. I don't understand how parents can just brush off their children mistreating a living being (and your own pet on top of it) :/

WHY are ALL of these comments here down-voted?!?!

My daughter ADORES dogs, she was constantly trying to pet them while out at the park or on walks. We taught her at a VERY young age (1 I think) that she needs to respect the dogs space and ASK the dogs' person before approaching it. You never know how an animal will react, and not all dogs are good with kids. There has been a few times where the person has said not to touch the dog. And almost everytime they thank her for asking! We had a dog & he was amazing with the kids (probably why she loves dogs so much), not not all dogs have been around children & they aren't used to the way children move/act. An animal is part of the family, he/she should be treated they same way you would treat any one else in the family. Rant over!

I read this on Quora a little bit ago. The replies were ridiculous! None of them were actually telling this guy that he was a f*****g idiot, just that they needed to ‘bond’. I was going to give that shithead a piece of my mind. I’m glad the people here agree.

I used to be a vet's assistant and I saw SO MANY animals that had injuries because some kid thought it was funny to abuse them and the parents let them do it. I had to quit that job because it depressed me.

Quick answer- punch your child in the head and then punch yourself in the head, and then give the poor dog to someone that will love it and treat it with the respect it deserves. STUPID QUESTION, STUPID COW, STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES.

This is actually infuriating.

I was that stupid kid, i have a scar on my knee from my Gran's little yorkshire terrier when i was 3, all he wanted to do was leave and i would just pull him back and hug him tightly, and not let him go, always mauling him, we are a family of dog lovers and they told me "keep doing that and it will end in tears" and guess what, one quick snap on my knee was the best lesson i ever had about respecting animals.