Children and dogs
This may be more to do with human behaviour rather than dogs, but recently we had my uncles three young children visiting us and they've never had a pet dog before, thus they were somewhat overexcited to be able to play with my Toby!
From this experience I 'taught' these pesky kids how to get on with my dog so that they could learn to take care of him for a few days, and in the future if they ever get a pet dog of their own. First I taught them to be nice to our dog by treating him gently and not pulling on his fur or tail, this was especially important to the five year olds. Next we taught them what to feed him, when to feed him and how, making it clear that doggies don't like sweets! Thirdly we taught them about the importance of exercising a dog by taking him for walks and playing with him using suitable toys.
Does anyone have any other tips that they could share regarding children and dogs?
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