Can you recognize a dog Kiss to Dismiss
Understanding your dog’s body language is important to strengthening your relationship with your dog.
Managing Your Family Dog With Neighborhood Kids
Managing your family dog and neighborhood kids at playtime can be a challenge, but is important for everyone’s safety.
A Crawling Baby Can Stress Your Family Dog
A parenting tip to help keep your baby AND your family dog safe, and encourage more positive associations.
Even Tolerant Dogs Can Bite
When parents of young children prepare to bring a dog into their home, it is common for them to look for a ‘tolerant’ dog breed. A family dog who will be ‘safe’ around small children. This is an important conversation for all parents and families. Understanding tolerant dogs can go a long way toward preventingRead more “Even Tolerant Dogs Can Bite”
Walking My Dog Helped A Child Feel Safe Around A Dog
Yesterday when I was walking my dog, we had an opportunity to help a child feel safe around a dog. This is our story, an important story for parents and those who have a dog. My dog, Dawson, and I came across a mother and her maybe two-ish year old little girl. The little girl’sRead more “Walking My Dog Helped A Child Feel Safe Around A Dog”
Keeping Kids Safe Around Dogs at Halloween
HALLOWEEN IS SPOOKY! It can bring out the scary in dogs. Please consider these tips for fun and safe trick-or-treating.
Dangers Of Chaining Your Dog
While I haven’t seen as much of it lately, I do still see dogs chained in yards. It is a worrisome sight. Even a dog that will wag its tail, approach people with loose body muscles, and lower its head for head scratches in other situations can…and more than likely will become reactive to stimulusRead more “Dangers Of Chaining Your Dog”
Parents, Please Teach Kids, Do Not Hug Your Family Dog
Often kids mean well with their interactions with your dog (or other dogs) but they can do things – like hugging – that can cause dogs to feel uncomfortable. A lesson for parents of a kids and a dog: please teach your children this important relationship building lesson – DO NOT HUG YOUR FAMILY DOG.Read more “Parents, Please Teach Kids, Do Not Hug Your Family Dog”
Dog Stress Around Kids: Proximity Matters
Dog Bite Prevention Myth About Dogs And Kids: A child has to be directly interacting with a dog before a potential problem can occur. This past fall/early winter, I completed a 13-week program to be certified as a Family Paws parent educator. This topic was a discussion point in one of our group calls.
How To Greet An Unknown Dog
There has been a lot published about the subject of how to greet an unknown dog. Many written with kids and dogs in mind, and dog bite prevention. Ask permission from the handler. Ask permission from the dog. Allow the dog to approach you. Stand sideways, present your fist or palm, and let the dogRead more “How To Greet An Unknown Dog”