Yep. My little boy is 1 and a half and he pats the dog
![Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl: 🤣](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f923.png)
![Face with tears of joy :joy: 😂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
80% of the time he’s lovely and does it with a nice force, sometimes he goes a bit too far and we correct him straight away and make a big fuss of the dog, tell him he’s a good boy and give him strokes because he doesn’t react and we want him to know that he’s done the right thing. I would never let my little boy be so far away next to a dog at that level and let him go all in his face. He’s being lovely but pampered pooch doesn’t see it that way and it’s very threatening, almost to a level where it’s like Ronnie is treating him a submissive, which obviously he doesn’t know because he’s a toddler.
And she’s there doing her fake arse cackle, she won’t be laughing when he’s not feeling so patient. Cocker spaniels are really good family pets and known for being tolerant with children but this dog has gone 5+ years without a child in the house so it’s not exactly something he’s been brought up to know.