Kids & Dogs

[Tapua]

Here's another one I just saw today - thought this was a good addition to the concept of 'supervising' .

Why supervising doesn't always work

The Delta DogSafe program which operates in schools in some states, spends quite a bit of time on trying to alert children to how dogs might be feeling, and what they should do - as far as you can in 45 minutes.

So does the NSW Govt School Pet Education Program Tassie, however they take live dogs ( fully temperament assessed) into the classroom, the children get to practice the safe way to meet and greet with a live dog at the end of the persentation. In Victoria they have been teaching in Pre-Schools for a number of years and that is where they can access the parents. The presentation teachs the children to recognise the different enotions that dogs have in an age appropriate way. What to do if an angry dog approaches and how to recognise an angry, happy and scared dog. It gives the kids a toolbox of skills to recognise and respond safely to a dogs behaviour. The presentation is presented on a smart board or a flip chart if one isnt working and is presented in a way appropriate to the childrens ages from Kinder to Year 2 in NSW & SA and up to Year 6 in Victoria where it was devloped some 10 years ago.

The 'Pet Town' website in NSW is a small part of the support back-up for the teachers they have story book and music and a whole heap of other resourses so they can reinforce the messages throughout the year. Pet Town can be downloaded on the kids IPad thingys as an APP which is pretty cool. And of course available to their family to continue to reinforce the safety messages. The Pet Town Website with its interactive features allows the teachers and hopefully some parents to reinforce the safety behaviours.

But hey atleast something is going into the community as education and isnt that the most important thing :) It is great to have something positive and constructive in the community rather than the usual reactive 'kill the dog' 'blame the child or the parents' which is what the papers rabbit on about. I just wish the media would pick up that there is po-active eduction happening now and help to promote it more to te adults in the community so they can communicate the safety messages to they kids in the home and recognise the behaviours themselves.

Edited August 20, 2013 by Tapua

[sandgrubber]

And here's a BAD one...too far in the opposite direction

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zdN23rFqh1g&feature=related

Edited August 21, 2013 by sandgrubber

[Steph M]

Argh!!! Who lets a dog tongue kiss their baby. I know what goes in that mouth...and the dogs too! Haha, I kid, but really....

[OSoSwift]

YUK!!!!!

[luvsdogs]

Yes not what you'd let your dogs do to your baby but they did seem to be tolerant of the baby. Unlike some other videos I've seen of babies with dogs that were giving off so many warning signals to be left alone & the parents thought it funny.