Q&A: Do you think “Doggy 101″ educational seminars should be incorporated into primary schools?
Question by landi_lou: Do you think “Doggy 101″ educational seminars should be incorporated into primary schools?
Chances are, if you’re a responsible dog owner and a diligent parent, you’ve already taught your child what is acceptable and what is not when interacting with dogs at home. But what about kids who don’t have the companionship of a canine at home?
I would think that parents who don’t have dogs or interact with dogs infrequently are less likely to impart “Dog Manners” to their children, or at least do so less throughly. The fact of the matter is, there are alot of parents out there who seem to not know how to interact with strange dogs themselves. (Case in point – The middle aged woman who grabbed my Pyrenees’ face last week and tried to kiss him on the nose while her 8 year old looked on and giggled.)
Being that dogs have been integrated into society, it’s likely a life lesson that kids should learn.
So this brings me to my question – Should basic dog manners be integrated into a classroom setting with young kids? Children are most often the victims of bites and maulings. Do you think if a child was taught how to (not) interact with strange dogs, or how to recognise an unfriendly dog, it would change the frequency of bites recieved by children?
Or do you think that it would be more effective to educate dog owners to recognise aggressive tendancies and predatory responses in their pets? I’ve once heard another owner mention how good their dogs are with kids saying, “Oh! Rover loves kids! He gets so excited when he sees them, pacing back and forth! He just watches them so intently.” Now to me, if I happened to notice my dog behaving around children the same way he hunts squirrels in the backyard, that would be a clue to me.
If you think education to owners would be the best path, how do you think the best way to reach them would be? Integrating information into training classes? What about reaching owners who don’t attend classes with their dogs?
Best answer:
Answer by ladystang
sure they have the money to do that in school districts
why not go to schools in your area and ask how to volunteer to do that
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You can educate the kids but if the owner is saying “oh, don’t worry, Fluffy is friendly!” then there’s nothing you can do.
Kids should be taught at HOME what an aggressive dog looks like. Frankly- there is enough stuff at school that they have to learn already- and there are so many nuances of dog behavior…
I think its less kids not knowing dogs and more the parents not watching their kids closely enough. Even if the kid doesn’t recognize the dog- the kid shouldn’t be NEAR the dog without a responsible adult around. That puts it on the parent or the owner- not the child.
My dogs are very well behaved- but they do NOT like children- and I get yelled at by parents all the time when I try to shoo their children away from my dogs. The parents are mad because I am telling their kids what to do, trying to keep my dogs safe from their children- they have NO right to come near or touch my dogs to start with- and if my dog bites their child in the face? Game over for my dog!
My dogs would never deliberately injure anyone- but THEY don’t know that.
The parents should be watching the kid until the kid is old enough to know to ask and know better.
I really don’t think classes in primary school is a good idea. This will give irresponsible parents an excuse to get their kids a dog where they previously might not have.
I think parents will see classes like these as qualifications for their kids to own a dog.
I believe it should be the responsibility of the parents to teach their kids about dogs and how to behave around dogs.
Their parents should teach them that.
So you must love your dogs like we do. It been about six months ago when a found the dog training academy course. I was able to successfully train them in three weeks. And I still teach them new thing all the time. It’s worked better then the local school and a lot less money to. It could be what you’re looking for.
Hi there..I noticed you require some tips and tricks to help train your dog. A colleague of mine was in the same shoes a few weeks back before she tried the dog training home study course. The result turned out splendidly as her dog showed remarkable progress just within some weeks.