Monthly Archives: March 2009
How Dogs Teach Our Children Responsibility, Sharing and Communication (Part 5)
In every instance where a dog is used within the family household to teach children important life lessons – lessons of responsibility, lessons of care, and lessons of sharing, it has been the dog’s similarity to us that has done the teaching. His differences can helps us grow, too. You can use the unfamiliar to … Continue reading
How Dogs Teach Our Children Responsibility, Sharing and Communication (Part 4)
Not only does the new addition of a puppy into the home make children happy, it also creates an unexpected learning center that can teach the kids care, tenderness, responsibility, and ironically – sharing. I stress the word “ironically” because you probably feel that this would be the last result of adding a dog to … Continue reading
How Dogs Teach Our Children Responsibility, Sharing and Communication (Part 3)
As a parent who brings home a new puppy for the joy that the children will experience, your role is also to use the puppy as a “teacher-dog”, which simply means using the pet to teach your kids morals and responsibility. Specific situations come up all of the time in the home to take advantage … Continue reading
How Dogs Teach Our Children Responsibility, Sharing and Communication (Part 2)
By using your dog to teach a child, positive life lessons can formed and crafted that will last forever in your son or daughter. This works by getting your kids involved in activities that not only take care of the dog, but teaches your child at the same time. They keys to this practice working … Continue reading
How Dogs Teach Our Children Responsibility, Sharing and Communication (Part 1)
Every person who buys a puppy, or adopts a new dog, does so with the intention of teaching the new member of the family dog tricks, training plans, and such – but it is also common to use them to help teach the children. How Can A Dog Teach Your Child? Not only have I … Continue reading
Have You Checked Your Dog’s Ears Lately?
Ear trouble is common among dogs, particularly dogs with floppy ears, like hounds, or heavy hair growth within the ear canals, like Poodles. (The reason, obviously, lack of ventilation.) As a matter of fact, where the little Poodles are concerned, it is highly doubtful that any of them can survive all their days without some … Continue reading