Adventures in boy land

I really wish I had a pictures to visually explain to you what my boys get themselves into. 

B has recently began a fascination with having J be his pet.  Not a fish where he can swim like Nemo, or a cat he can pat on the head, but a DOG.  And what comes with a having a pet Dog??? Collars and leashes.  On Easter Sunday morning the boys were "innocently" playing in B's room while we were getting ready.  I was in the hallway and heard B saying commands.  So i open the door and B has his belt wrapped around J's neck and telling him to sit!  ahhhhh!  That was all i could think of.  So we tell them to stop and that if you continue you are going to hurt him.  So we leave it at that.

Then last week came....and the adventure continued.  In our living room we have a phone cord that stretches a good 4 feet from the outlet and then goes behind our entertainment center. Can you see where this going...  I was in the room with the boys and the next thing i see is B wrapping the cord around J's neck.  So we immediately stop that action. 

I called both boys over and we all 3 sit down on the floor.  Here is what our conversation sounded like:

Me: B wrapping something around J's or your neck can hurt you.
B: How can it hurt?
Me: It could make you are J stop breathing if it gets too tight
B: What happens if you stop breathing?
Me:  You die.
B:  Begins waterworks and says:  "I don't want J to die."  Cries some more and hugs J.
So we hug and talk through it some more.  i love the heart of my 4 year old. 

Here's hoping my straightforward answer will stop this new action or at least delay it's reappearance for a really long time.  I'm thinking that bluntness is the only thing that is going to work with these two.

Happy Monday!