Kids & dogs/pets

What if your kids (multiple) would harrass every pet that comes within 10m radius of them?

We warn them, we call it out when it happens and we even punish them but they keep doing it and I'm affraid they're going to get hurt if they push a pet too far, or just the wrong pet. (not even mentioning the mental strain on said pet)

We have tried getting pets in our house and had to actually "save" the pets from the kids... Because they just won't listen 🙄

We have a lot of friends and family with big dogs and they might at one point have had enough...

The kids are 7, 10 and 13 so they should definitely be able to understand what we're telling them

They think we're overreacting because they haven't gotten hurt so far.. But that really is an understatement because one of them has almost got bitten in the face earlier this year for sneaking up on a vastly sleeping dog and burying his face in it's neck. (dog yelped out of fear for it's life and twisted it's head so fast in reaction it probably saw at the last moment it was a kid but it was ready to fight the attacker off.. Resulting in a bruise and 1 toothmark on the kid's face) And I've had to come between another one and a dog because the dog started to show it's teeth because the kid was "hugging" it so hard he was choking the dog... (same kid as we required 4 years to learn to not poke any pet's eyes.. He would always go for the eyes😱 mostly of the big dogs.. Crazy mofo 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️)

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I had originally posted this in the parenting section because I don't want any pet to be punished (stress wise or even having to be put down for biting a kid) for our kids' ignorance.. Since I feel like we're doing everything we can to teach them I'm at a loss.. They seem to think they know better.. I don't know what I can do to get it in their thick skulls that they have to behave around pets. We do give the right example and all they want is to go up to pets, expect that they can hug them and expect the pets to like it, and if the pets move away from them they follow them. Almost like they feel entitled to it...

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Update:

Maybe important to notice that my husband doesn't feel like it's a huge issue.. He doesn't want me to react to strongly because "they are just kids and do kids things" and "they can't be expected to be dog experts on their age" and, definitely not least, "people should just make sure their dogs are raised and know that all humans are above them"

I have always had dogs and I know better than that, however he doesn't want to budge because "I have had dogs always too and they should just learn how to deal with it or else..."