It thoroughly covers everything a child (and adult) need to know to translate dog-speak and encourage a loving relationship with the family dog.īest suited for children 8 to 12 years old 6. Published by National Geographic Children’s Books, it’s visually engaging with helpful photographs, fun facts and quizzes, that teach your child about a dog’s body language and what the dog is trying to tell us with a range of different sounds from barking to baying.
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How to Speak Dog is an easy to follow and fun beginner’s guide to help your child understand the language of dogs. This book was selected as a 2010 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year.īest suited for children 4 to 7 years old 5. The illustrations are unusually striking. It addresses mistakes children make when they don’t understand the signals a dog uses, such as misinterpreting the warnings to back off for a dog that is ready to be friends.
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It’s a manual for kids about how to interact with unfamiliar dogs, as well as providing tips about a variety of dog behavior. Don’t Lick the Dog: Making Friends with Dogsĭon’t Lick the Dog uses humor and rhyme to teach children the proper and safe way to meet a new dog. Related: Millennials Think of Their Dogs Over Kids and Marriage When it Comes to Buying a Homeīest suited for children 4 to 7 years old 4. It’s also recommended for children who are afraid of dogs. It teaches a child how to handle a dog through a delightful, whimsical story, including asking first if it’s okay to pet the dog to how to correctly approach that dog to the do’s and don’ts of different situations such as seeing a dog loose without an owner.
When the child agrees, Harry sets out to teach the child just how to do that. The narrator of May I Pet Your Dog is a “longhaired, chocolate-dappled dachshund” named Harry who asks a child to be his friend. It is a sweet, engaging book that speaks directly to very little kids and is effective in teaching them early on about what not to do with the family dog.īest suited for children 3 to 5 years old 3. In the book, the baby in the family loves her dog, Tag, so much that she’s always trying to hug, squeeze, and kiss him, but she doesn’t know how to be gentle. Be Gentle With the Dog, Dear!īe Gentle With the Dog, Dear addresses all those things that little kids do to dogs that cause problems. It also contains tips for parents and other caregivers.īest suited for children 1 to 4 years old 2.
The book covers specifics that children tend to do, like pulling tails, chasing, grabbing and teasing. growling is the way dogs warn us that they don’t like what you’re doing). It explains in simple language and fun illustrations the proper way how to interact with animals and how to read their signals, (e.g. This book is an ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award Winner. Tails Are Not for Pulling is a board book for very small kids. If you are having some problems getting your kid to be okay around your dog, here are a few books that will help you teach your child how to be gentle with dogs. Related: Ultimate Guide: 24 Things You Need to Know When Introducing A New Dog To Your Kids Teaching your child early on that dogs need to be touched gently not only makes it safer, but it teaches the child empathy at an age when they are most impressionable.
Than tell your kid how to appropriately handle the dog. Your child to interact with the dog, like giving her a treat. Is to pick that child up and remove him from the area. If your child is hurting or scaring your dog, the first step Believe it or not, that is your dog being a good family pet: You are lucky if your dog warns your kid first by growling They grab and squeeze and even hit and kick.
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