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! But how many take the kids with them when they walk the dog? Let kids see first hand how many people want to stop and pet your dog, talk to you about your dog, or admire your dog when you’re walking him. They will not only learn from you, but from other people. Talk to your pet. Talk to your children about your pet.”I wonder what Rover is smelling as we walk along.” Tell the kids facts about their pet as you walk along: “Did you know dogs can smell much better than we can?” Remark on who they talked to on their walk. “Wasn’t that nice when we met the lady with the black dog and she told us how beautiful Rover is and how well we’ve trained him? It made me really happy.”