Dog...

My brother-in-law is here for a few days with his dog. His dog is a very large chocolate lab mix and is generally well behaved. The problem is that his dog is not used to smaller children and tries to push our son over all the time. My brother-in-law doesn't try to correct the dog at all which drives us crazy. The dog also barks constantly which is completely annoying. What kills me is that the dog is trained to do all sorts of tricks and to listen to commands. My brother-in-law considers the barking and pushing normal dog behavior. I think that if he is going to spend all that time training the dog in other ways that he could work on the barking and pushing.