Why the hell would you allow a function for the player (a child) to strike the dog?! He taps the dogs face, you hear a slapping sound and the dog reacts like he's been slapped in the face. Then he LAUGHS. Tap his stomach, he reacts like he's been punched, then LAUGHS?! My 3 year old got a kick out of it, and just kept striking the dog because it kept laughing. That is so disturbing, I don't understand why anyone would think that would be okay to put in a kids game.