Thanks guys

I did sit with him - all throughout the tantrums, and just kept on repeating... if you say you are sorry, you get puppy back... tipping the water over was naughty and dangerous, you could have been hurt... please say sorry to mummy .. but he just kept on screaming dogggggg... dogggg.. myyyy dogggg...

He got over it eventually and cheered up a bit. Realised why he was so quiet - he had stolen the puppy back.. LOL... little bugger... so the screams started again.. but I never left him just scream it out (unless I was tending to her cos I'm only the one person and I comfort who I can!)

I caved in cos he was being a little bit of a PITA when I had visitors so I gave him his dog and his dummy and he went to sleep