Safe Pets For Children

There is no thing as a totally safe pet for a child. You need to be more vigilant with younger children and their interactions with the family pet, no matter how sweet and trustworthy that pet has been.You may think that you have the best behaved dog or cat .... but do you know how well this animal and your child will interact with each other??? are they safe with each other? And is your pet a safe choice?

What you can do is try and create a safe situation for the pet and the child.

To do this:
1. Make sure your child
a: knows how to approach all animals - other peoples as well as your own.
B: is taught to respect the various types of animals to help minimize trouble.

2. Introduce child and pet as early on as possible and separate the two if there is a problem.

3.If you have a baby let the dog or cat sniff babys clothes before coming home and then sniff the babys foot. Do not allow them to get close to baby'sface or neck.

4. Once your baby is on the move then make sure the pet has a room to go, to escape from fun activities like tail tugging, mushed cookies on fur or high pitched 'singing'. Your pet may put up with an hour of this one day but another day ten minutes might be all it can cope with. Dogs will usually whine or growl if they are getting annoyed and as a warning that you should get your puppy. Cats are not so kind and are likely to give toddlers a nice healthy swat with their claws if subjected to cookies being mushed onto their fur with sticky fingers.Mmmm??? Animals are like humans in that they have different personalities and threshhold levels so you will get to know your pets threshhold and act accordingly. Just watch closely and make sure your pet can get away from the child before they draw kiddy blood.

You can also be aware that there are bad choices for children which would make them unsafe to have as a pet even if they are not to handle them. They are:
1. snakes
2. spiders
3. other creepy crawly's that could escape from their cage and bite, or be bitten.

Large snakes have been known to use children as prey sources and children have been known to put everything in their mouths including spiders.

So keep the utmost of caution if you must own these types of pet.

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