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We got puppies three weeks ago, not tiny ones but around 3 and 7 months. It's really unfortunate but at the same time (literally the day we got them), I tore a calf muscle and couldn't walk. Or move really, I was in a lot of pain and still 3+ weeks later can't walk normally. So that meant a lot of the dog care fell on the kids. They helped take the dogs outside, it had to be very often, and feed them. My husband took time off work but having one adult not only out but need to be cared for plus shelter puppies who weren't house trained was a lot. So one of the kids isn't a dog person already (they got a kitten with their own money) and now hates them. These are good dogs, I'm not a dog person and they are good dogs. They're house trained now, I've been training them in basic obedience, they're sweet and want to be around, they don't run away or bite or bark at nothing. They're very good. But they don't see it that way. So what can we do? We've already taken almost all dog care off them (for a while we just asked that they let the dogs out in the morning because this person was first awake) now it's just an occasional ask, they scoop the litter box and keep the cats fed so we really don't ask anything more than that. The dogs aren't allowed upstairs or in the basement, they're kennel trained so they can be put away if they get too worked up or need to sleep. What else can we do? I really think that if they participate in training, the relationship will improve. The dogs will begin to respect them more. They puppies don't really lick me because I don't like it, they listen to me and come back to me and do what I say. But the kid doesn't want to be involved. They say all kinds of nasty things about the dogs, like how we should get rid of them or they should fall into a hole or be eaten by something. I'm not sure what to do. We can't get rid of them, and everyone else likes them. I tried to explain that we wouldn't get rid of their cat because one person didn't like them, and I told them that we could work together to minimize whatever was really bothering them. But when I asked to pinpoint one or two things that were the most egregious, I was told "everything" "that they're here" "I don't want them anywhere near me". Part of the reason is that the kitten loves to play with the puppies but the dogs get a little too excited sometimes and make the kitten run away. He's never been hurt by them, and he always comes back to pounce on them or catch a tail or something. The kitten really enjoys playing with the dogs, he has the run of the house and can easily escape them and the dogs have learned very quickly not the mess with any of the other cats. What else can we do?

eta, I want to be clear in case it comes across like I'm too defensive of them. The dogs have never hurt anyone. They chewed up one shoe and one remote. We've had a dog before that we got rid of because it bit a kid. We do not tolerate certain behaviors and if these dogs became aggressive there would be an immediate change. They really are good dogs.