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Why Supervising Dogs and Children is not enough

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idirdog · 09/11/2013 08:54

Excellent article that all dog owners should read
supervising Dogs and Children does not work

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Crazdsky · 09/11/2013 12:53

Thank you for the link. Would agree that this is an excellent article with some really good common sense advice in it. I will be sharing it in Rl Smile

tweetytwat · 09/11/2013 12:58

www.robinkbennett.com/2013/08/19/why-supervising-dogs-and-kids-doesnt-work/
link to article - the other link went to a different thing

daftyburd · 09/11/2013 14:03

Thanks for that link. Did not know about the 3 stress signals. Very interesting article.

DeathByLaundry · 09/11/2013 14:11

Bump :)

bronya · 09/11/2013 14:19

I'm stunned that there are pet owners who DON'T know how to tell if a dog is upset, or if a child is doing something inappropriate. How hard is it to put yourself in the dog's shoes? I wouldn't want my ears pulled, or someone heavy climbing all over me. I wouldn't want cuddling all the time, either.

My DS is a year old. My dog always has somewhere to escape to where he cannot follow, and the contact they do have is supervised properly - i.e. any inappropriate actions are stopped and he's told 'NO'. My dog feels I'll protect her as needed, and my child learns that she isn't a toy, that she has feelings and a right to be left alone if she chooses. I don't let him take her toys, either. My parents brought me up to treat all animals with respect, and I plan to do likewise.

As an aside, 5 year old children and older are at that stage where a dog won't see them as a baby any more. That's significant regarding bite injuries, because in dog behaviour, pups are allowed to climb over and generally do what they like, to adults in their pack. As soon as they start to grow up though, things change, and they are sharply told to get some manners. So just because your dog tolerates your toddler, doesn't mean he/she will tolerate the same once your child gets a little older.

idirdog · 09/11/2013 17:41

Thanks tweetytwat for putting the right link senior moment!

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bellasuewow · 09/11/2013 21:33

Good god I wish my parents had adhered to any of this when I was growing up our poor dogs bit us all the time as kids and they were big dogs we were left alone with them all the time I now realise this was stupid of my parents but also shows how tolerant the dogs were with 5 children under 6. I really hope that if anything good comes out of yet more horrendous news stories albeit pretty rare people do start to really eductate themselves on dog behavior like this. This doesn't sound like rocket science.

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