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How can children avoid dog bites?

30/1/2013

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EVERY parent should have the responsibility of teaching children how to approach a dog to avoid dog bites. This is something so easy to achieve and something so seldom taught. Parents should also teach their children how to interact with the dogs in their own home. The old saying that education starts at home is so true!!


There are 4 million dog bites each year and 60% of the victims are children. Dr. Leslie Sinclair of the Humane Society of the U.S. says children often don't respect a dog's boundaries—they expect every dog to be friendly, and although most are some aren't. Dr. Tillman Jolly, an emergency room physician says he sees injuries every year because children often do things that they don't realize are annoying to dogs. The Insurance Information Institute cautions that parents should teach their children not to approach an unknown dog. Allow dogs to sniff you before petting them, never disturb a dog that's eating, sleeping or caring for puppies, don't try to run from a dog, and if one is chasing you, stand like a tree or look like a log. Insurance companies paid out $3.5 billion in claims in 2006 for dog bite claims.
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Heidi
1/2/2013 12:02:39 pm

I have just had two children, brother and sister for Pet Assisted Therapy. The brother 5 years old was badly bitten by a friends dog. The 5 year old boy was obviously traumatised and six month later the parents asked me for assistance. My rescue GSD trained for AAT was magnificent with them and the net result - he is no longer petrified of dogs he will ask the owner if he may touch the dog and he loves the puppy they have.

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scotty
1/2/2013 12:18:56 pm

What wonderful work Heidi! What saddens me is that so many instances such as this could have been avoided!

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