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

YNP #094: Are Your Kids Ready for a Dog? With Justine Schuurmans

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

4.8917 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a parent, how do you know if your kids are ready for a dog?  And if they are, how do you prepare them for bringing that new dog home?

Well lucky for you (and me) Justine Schuurmans, the expert on families, kids, and dogs,  is going to answer those questions.

Justine is the founder of The Family Dog and the creator of The Dial Method.  Her work with families has greatly impacted how I work with kids and puppies to this day.  

The best part?  This is part one of a two part series.  Stay tuned for part two where she talks about what to do when the your kids and the dog aren’t BFFs like you planned.

In this episode we talk about:

  • Are your kids ready for a dog?
  • Are you ready for a new dog? 
  • How much can you depend on the kids help?
  • Why younger kids shouldn’t be in charge of walking the dog. 
  • Picking the right dog for your family’s lifestyle.
  • How to prepare your kids for when the dog comes home.

Press play and enjoy!

Other resources mentioned and related to this episode:

The Family Dog resources:  This page includes the resources both Justine and I talked about inside the interview including the video that I think EVERY parent should watch along with the Pet, Pat, Pause flyer. 

YNP Episode #002: Which Type of Dog is Right for You?

YNP Episode #095: When Things Go Wrong Between the Kids and Dog? With Justine Schuurmans (Part Two)

YOUR Perfect Puppy’s course:  A 4 week course to build the foundation of you and your new puppy’s life together. 

More about Justine:

Justine Schuurmans sitting in a field with two dogs, one lying beside her and the other standing nearby, in a setting bathed in soft sunlight.

Justine is a former Nickelodeon and MTV producer and dog trainer for over 20 years, specializing in working with young families. Her mission is to help parents, kids and dogs understand each other better and live safely and happily together.  She’s the founder of The Family Dog, STOP THE 77 and the creator of The Dial Method.

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 welcome to episode 94 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today you're

0:36.9

going to get to hear from Justin Sherman's. So Justin is the expert when it comes to working with families with parents, kids and dogs.

0:49.0

She in fact, she is the founder of the Family Dog.

0:53.0

And if you've been listening carefully,

0:55.0

you've heard me talk about the Family Dog before

0:59.0

because I have been following her

1:02.0

and I have been part of her programs since I became a trainer.

1:07.0

Like literally it might have been a week after I finished my mentorship that my mentor turned me on to the family dog and a program that

1:17.9

they had for trainers to help families with kids raise a puppy. And I was a brand new trainer. I wasn't a

1:26.3

parent so I was like yes and give me all of the information you have and I like

1:31.7

fell in love with this program because it completely you have

1:33.7

and I like fell in love with this program because it completely aligned with the way I

1:35.8

wanted to train and to this day it greatly influences even though you know

1:41.5

I'm over a decade later and I now have all the experience, it still

1:46.0

greatly influences how I work with kids and dogs.

1:51.8

So I was very excited when she agreed to come on to the podcast.

1:57.7

So if you've been listening to me for a while and you like the way that I approach dog training I approach raising your puppy then

2:05.9

you're gonna really love her because she takes these complicated situations you

2:11.6

know parenting kids and trying to parent a dog at the same time,

2:16.1

and she really breaks it down into easy to understand, easily digestible, practical advice.

2:23.2

So I fully took advantage of having the expert and having her answer some questions.

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