YNP #060: Kids and Puppies

Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog

Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist

Kids & Family, How To, Pets & Animals, Education

4.8 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

When we imagine kids and puppies we think that they go together like peanut butter and jelly (or my preference – chocolate). The reality isn’t so sweet. Your puppy and your kids LOVE each other. But sometimes it’s that same love and excitement that causes scratches, tears, and a disheartening relationship.

When we have kids and a puppy in the same house it takes a lot more management and referring than most expect. We can have that amazing relationship that we imagined when you got the puppy for the kids, but it does take some work to get there.

Be sure to check out all the resources below that I mention throughout the episode.

In this episode I talk about:

What the kids/dog relationship looks like vs what we imagine.
Why there can be more tension with the kids than with adults.
My recommended house rules for families with young kids.
Other tips to manage and make sure the puppy and kids stay best friends.

Press play and enjoy!

Other resources mentioned and related to this episode:

The Family Dog: One of the most powerful videos about the kid/dog relationship and why we need to respect it. If your puppy is ever going to have contact with kids, watch this 2.5 minute video.

Rover Round Robin: Instructions to a fun, structured, family game that also reinforces recall.

11 activities to do with your dog

The flirt pole: Found under toys section of my recommended supply list.

YOUR Perfect Puppy: 4-week online training course for you and your new puppy.

What’s Next?

Feeling unsure how to manage the chaos of kids and a new puppy? You’re not alone AND you’re not doing anything wrong.

You’re just like any human trying to raise a dog with little humans.

That’s exactly why I created YOUR Perfect Puppy — my digital program that gives you a clear plan to follow and direct support from me every step of the way.

You’ll learn how to create a safe, fun, and low-stress relationship between your puppy and your kids with real-life tools, boundaries, and games that everyone will love.

And because puppyhood doesn’t stop after four weeks, you’ll also get ongoing access to Playtime Paws Academy — my membership community with weekly live calls, a private forum, and an entire library of family friendly enrichment activities to help you navigate real-life challenges as they come up.

Click here to check out YOUR Perfect Puppy. I’d love to help make this stage a little easier for your whole family.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your
0:16.8	host Debbie Salento. Hello and today I'm Debbie and today we are going to talk about kids and puppies.
0:38.0	I talk about kids and puppies throughout other episodes and how to handle that relationship, but I, until now, I didn't have one
0:47.9	dedicated to the kid puppy relationship.
0:51.7	And it is a pretty big topic and it's really important.
0:55.0	So specifically I'm going to talk about you know what to expect and how it's different
0:59.7	from what you imagine and if you're already experiencing it it's going to let you know that yes this is normal.
1:05.2	Why it's incredibly important that we create a relationship that's fun, safe and healthy
1:11.6	between the kids and the puppies and how we have to intentionally
1:16.5	do that so I do have some recommended house rules for you and then a whole bunch of
1:21.1	tips on how to help and manage this relationship.
1:25.2	So I am specifically going to talk about puppies and children in the same household.
1:30.2	So if you're preparing for a puppy or if you already have a puppy and you have kids, this episode is going to be great for you.
1:35.3	Now even if you don't have children in the household, we still want to expose our puppy to kids.
1:42.8	So you're still going to experience some of these things
1:45.2	that I'm going to talk about
1:46.1	and you're still going to need to manage
1:48.0	and have some rules that I'm going to talk about.
1:50.9	So this will still be very beneficial for you but for the purposes of this
1:55.6	episode I'm going to assume that it's the children in the household with the puppy.
2:00.3	In fact you probably got the puppy for the kids.
2:03.8	And I find the most common ages are around between four
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