It is a chance for a parent to be a positive role model for the child.
Kids and dogs, ice cream and cake, peanut butter and jelly are all combinations that
go together so well.Each one can disappear by eating it, with the exception of kids
and dogs. Taking privileges away from the child for not doing its fair share is
a good way to teach responsibility. It is better to be safe than very sorry.
Puppies do help teach children responsibility, but can you expect a child to be responsible
24/7? Of course not! The question here is how much responsibility are you
willing to accept?Puppies/dogs require training, they will tax an already tight budget with veterinary bills,
they eat special food, and they can do damage to personal articles and property. Children
are children and many of "today's promises" turn out to be tomorrow's memories.Be realistic and
search your inner being to see if you are really willing to assume "all" the
responsibility, when your child fails to.Threatening to take the puppy/dog back to the store or
to the shelter is a poor way to teach responsibility to a child. A lesson
like that can have far reaching effects on later life relationships.The idea of having a
dog should not be a spur of the moment thing. Children love animals. The consequences
of having a pet should be explained to the child and you, the parent should
take time to tn requin realize the responsibilities you will have to shoulder in regard to time,
effort and money.Unless you are willing to be the responsible party, unless you have the
patience to teach your child proper pet care and unless you feel in your heart
that a pet would be a nice addition to your family, do not get one.There
are too many dogs wandering the streets, living in cages in animal shelters and being
killed every day, due to people who got a dog on a lark, with no
regard for its life, care or what happened to it after they lost interest.Do not
be one of those!Help Children become responsible by becoming a role model. Are you ready
to accept that part of the responsibility?Bringing a puppy/dog home from the pet store and/or
shelter with the expectation that all the promises the child has made will be fulfilled
is like expecting to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
This is the combination that can create joy or be a sheer disaster.The secret of
what happens to this combination depends solely on you, the parent, (parents) and how you
handle the experience. Teaching commitment along with responsibility and caring with love, is one of
the greatest gifts a parent can give a child.A parent must teach a child that
once a commitment is made there is no going back. A lovely thought, but very
unlikely. Take them to the pet air max france store to help pick out the pet supplies and
food and show them where you keep these supplies. It usually begins with the child
nagging and nagging for a puppy. The first thing it teaches is that a pet
(cat or dog) is a "throw away item," it has no value and therefore can
be discarded like an old pair of shoes.In a fit of anger the child may
say "take it away" and not really mean it. Teach them how to walk your
dog. Young children do not understand how to handle a puppy or dog and you
do not know what may excite a dog and trigger it to bite your child.
Eventually you give in and off you go to find a dog.However, before you give
in and go blithely off to find your pet, take a few moments to think
about what is soon to happen. In order to foster a healthy relationship between child
and pet, parents should teach children about animal care and responsibility toward animals. You want
your child to be happy, you think having a dog will teach your child responsibility
and you may even have a mind set that says "if it does not work
out" you can always take the dog to the shelter.This is the general public's way
of thinking, but there is more to it than that.Of course you want your child
to be happy and puppies and kittens do create happiness. Most of the dog bites
on children have been the result of a dog/puppy left alone with a child and
it gets bitten. Removing the dog is not, as that teaches a child, that a
pet is something worthless and can be abandoned any time he/she wants. Once the puppy/dog
is gone, what are the feelings the child will experience? Guilt, grief, tears and possibly
the feeling of blame, granted these feelings may pass in a few days or weeks,
but it could also be the start of an inability to commit to anything in
later life.Getting a puppy/dog is an opportunity for a parent (parents) to teach a child
not only responsibility, but empathy for another living being. Dogs need to be walked, groomed,
trained, and loved and your child is capable of learning it all, just do not
expect a child to be responsible 24/7, that is a parent's job.Just one last thought,
do not under any circumstances let your very young child alone with a dog or
puppy. No one will ever know what went on behind that bite and so it
is better to not let a young child alone with a dog/puppy. Dog ownership should
be fun; but don't neglect teaching the work part either. This kind of carelessness can
be a disaster not only for the child, but for the dog, also.If this article
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