Why is my toddler doing this 😞

Question

My heart just broke a little. 
My 1 soon to be 2 year old is a very strong willed child. I mean he is something else. Not the little angel baby 1st child typically are. 
Well the past couple days he's been doing this thing where when he cried from throwing a fit because he's not getting his way, he will cover his ears. 
Well just now I raised my voice at him because he went to get off the couch and landed right on our puppy and sat there on him. So it wasn't just an accident, and he does this all the time with our other dog. Which we tell him every single time to no climb or sit on the dogs. So when I raised my voice just now he covered his ears 😭😭😭. I don't yell him alot, I might raise my voice in that stern way but I never ever scream at him. 
Is this just toddler behavior? It broke my heart cause he made me feel terrible now.

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Your frustrated momma and so is he... We all lash out—tantrums are the result of little ones not being able to process and handle their emotions properly yet. Adults yell sometimes when they also can not handle their emotions. It’s totally normal and his behavior is totally normal—Toddlers years are HARD! You just have to find ways to correct the behavior in a way that keeps you and him both calm. Show him how nice it is to pet the dog nicely and be excited about it—show him that it’s much more fun to be nice to the dog than it is to hurt him—this usually works on my little one. Hang in there momma.. You are going great.

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He’ll be alright I’m more worried about your dogs spine getting trampled

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... I continue to be amazed at how little parents know and understand about toddlers 🙄 it's nuts to me. Why would you raise your voice at a toddler for accidentally landing on the dog? My daughter will be 2 this month and doesn't always pay attention to where our dog is laying when she's climbing down off the couch. They don't do it on purpose. They're toddlers. It's also your job as a parent to teach your child to respect animals. They're not born with respect nor are they born to know that sitting on an animal isn't okay. Stop yelling at your child for not understanding. TEACH HIM. And no, he's not going to get it after saying it once or twice and he probably won't listen after the hundredth time either. He's a toddler. Please educate yourself. There's no need at all for you to be yelling at your kid like this. We don't raise our voice in our home, especially at the toddler age. They're learning.

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Its normal behavior. Specically if hes around kids older than him that are doing the same thing. Theyre mini sponges at this age.

Why is my toddler doing this 😞

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