House Training Your Puppy
Dog don’t automatically know that we want them to go potty outside. We have to help them learn this by dedicating their first days and sometimes weeks to learning where we want them to go potty.
Puppy Basics – Helping Your Puppy Adjust to their New Home
How Do You Best Help Your New Puppy Learn What Your Expectations Are in Your Home?
The Fear of Dogs – What to Avoid and What To Do Instead
There Are Many Reasons to Help Your Child Overcome Their Fear of Dogs. Learn the Most Common Approaches to Avoid and Where To Go For Help
A Fun Game of Fetch in 8 Easy Steps
How to train your dog to fetch is as fun to teach as it is to play – especially for kids!
Shelter-in-Place – Preventing Incidents with the Family Dog
With the shelter-in-place ordinance, families are spending a lot more time together. When it comes to your child and the family, dog take some time to discuss safety tips.
Kids-n-K9s Helps Provide Humane Education
With the help of local businesses and the local animal shelter, all Petaluma kindergartners will receive Stop, Look & Paws sets in 2020. This dog safety campaign continues to grow and bring awareness and Humane Education to prevent dog bites!
2020 Family Choice Award
Stop, Look & Paws Voted Best Parent Product and Resource for Elementary Age Children
3 Sniffer Dog Games to Play With Your Family Dog
Try these easy nose work games! Dogs love to play games just like kids. As someone who instructs adults how to play scent games, or nose work games, with their dogs, I wanted to offer you some fun games that children could play.
Can My Child Be In Charge of The Family Dog?
So now that we know that children usually can not be successful at being “in charge” of the dog, can we still help our child to learn to be a responsible dog owner and help care for the family dog? Absolutely!
About Kids-n-K9s
As a former elementary school teacher and now current dog trainer, I have seen the results of dog bites to children.
I developed Stop, Look and Paws as one tool that can start the process of understanding some basic canine body language and thereby prevent dog bites.