DS (2yrs 9 months old) is going through a stage where he pretneds to be a dog. He doesnt do it all the time, but at least a few times a day he will just suddenly transform into "Doggy Shane"...

He is very full on, stays right in character lol, he wants me to tell him to do tricks like sit, and roll over. Its all fun, but he does take it really far, he will come up and try and lick me and then he will start barking (again, very realistc lol)

It will usually last about ten minutes or so, and by then i usually tell him that dogs go outside and if he wants to stay inside he needs to be a boy. He will also put food on the floor and try and eat it off the floor (when i catch him i stop this) and he has also tipped his drink on the floor to lap it up too.

We have two dogs who he loves, so he has really observed them and he really has got it all down pat lol, which i think is good, but its just that he isnt a dog!!!! And i dont know how much i should encourage his imagination and his role playing, and how much is too far. (i already do try to stop the way gross stuff)

Does anyone elses almost three year old pretend to be a dog??? lol

Help!!!