Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 4 Include Your Children When You Exercise Your Pet People often take the dog with them when they take the kids to the park. That’s good!... Continue Reading →
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Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 3 – Get Them Involved
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets # 3 – Get the Kids Involved in Training Your Pets Training your pet means teaching him the skills he needs to be a valued member of our family.... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 2 – Be An Example
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets #2 Be An Example No matter what we say to our children, it’s what we DO that they remember. For children to learn to care for a pet, they need... Continue Reading →
Teach Your Kids to Love Pets 1 – Show Them How
Teach Your Kids to love Pets - Show them How to Care for Pets All kids seem to have a natural desire to love pets. As Charles Schulz said, who can resist “a warm... Continue Reading →
Benefits of Pets for Kids – CONFIDENCE
Pets Give Kids Confidence Researcher, Robert E. Bierer, Ph.D., studied the interaction of 126 children age 10-12. Ninety-three of them were children with dogs. Bierer said he... Continue Reading →
Benefits of Pets for Kids – Manners for Everyone
Train Your Dog, it’s part of the deal. To be a valued member of the family a pet, dogs in particular, need manners. Plan from day one to take your dog to training class. Like... Continue Reading →
Connections with Pets Are Some of Strongest In Kids Lives
Some of the strongest and longest connections in a child's life are their relationships with pets! For instance, when families move, their pets move with them but their friends... Continue Reading →
Exercise – It’s Not Just For Kids
Exercise is essential for pets. They need to play and run and burn off energy just like kids! If we don't have a fenced back yard where we can play fetch and run with our dogs, we... Continue Reading →
Kids Learn About Their Own Medical Care from Taking Pets to the Vet
Show me a kid who loves going to the doctor! Kids learn very quickly that going to the doctor usually results in a shot. If they also see Rover the dog or Fluffy the cat going to... Continue Reading →
Pets Comfort Kids
Pets comfort kids who are sad or lonely. They have the uncanny ability to know when children need comfort or companionship. Whether it's stress or an emotional upheaval in the... Continue Reading →