Good lord no - in the animal kingdom that wasn't a bully action it was a take charge, pack-leader move and your son gave him what he needed to feel comfortable around a human he didn't feel totally comfortable with before. Everything else he did preceded that and that was just the last piece in the puzzle. You never give up on them until you have solved the problem and this did it. As long as it wasn't painful physically or psychologically damaging to him and caused fear or anxiety, what difference does it make what it took to "fix" his problem? Apparently his barking and charging was his doggie attempt to get that last bit of acceptance from you son into his pack and now he's got it.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis
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