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Originally Posted by DanniSnow  I can't thank you guys enough for your advice and help!
To those worried about me, I have already decided that if my mom hits me for anything involving the dogs, I will move in with my dad. The only reason I don't really want to move though, is that my dad is moving away soon, and if we move together I will have to change schools.
And about my mom keep consitency with keeping Luke off the couch, she has already messed that up. He found his own alternative, his little crate, but then my mom allowed him on the couch again. He will still go in his crate somethimes though, but right now he is loving the couch.
And I am hoping she does not hit him that hard ever again. She says she has self control and will never kill the dogs or anything, but then again, she did start out only by hitting their paws with a belt, although very lighly. Now she does what she did that night, hits them everywhere with the belt.
Also, I wouldn't mind getting a custom-made belly band if that ever happens again, but I think it would raise my mom's suspicion quite a bit, so I will have to check out the stores. |
This is completely unacceptable and I urge you to contact your father as soon as possible. You may try your best to train Luke, but your mother is set in her ways and you are too young to hold any authority over her. Luke may become fully trained in no time, but I guarantee you that mistakes will happen down the road and your mother will continue to beat him and Lina. I do not recommend intervening, especially because there is a belt involved and because you admitted that she has hit you in the past. Like Rhetts_mama said before me, "Just because a hit doesn't leave a mark or a bruise does not mean it's not abuse." Your concern for Luke is admirable but this needs to be handled by an adult you can trust.