Let's Talk About Kids, Dogs, and Reducing Risk of Accidental Bites

Hi friends in this episode we discuss kids and dogs and reducing the risk of accidental bites

• a history of the relationship changes between people and dogs that fostered family unit changes.
•  studies in favor of relations between dogs and the alarm from pediatric community to provide more education to help reduce risk of bites. 
•  the grim reality of bites statistics in the U.S.
• I provided a learning framework if you live with children and dogs
• We also  covered challenges many families expereince ranging from the social pressure and soft manipulation of advertisers and the social behavior we engage in including digital social media  
• I ended with directing you to resources - both existing and developing educational products we are working on at the Center for Canine Behavior Studies with our  BEBiteSmart free children educational initiative 

Learn more:

• Be BiteSmart Educational Initiative: https://www.centerforcaninebehaviorstudies.org/bebitesmart
• Family Paws Parent Education: https://www.familypaws.com/
• Postpartum Help Call National Maternal Mental Health Hotline  or text 1-833-852-6262
• Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers: https://www.ccpdt.org/ 
• American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior: https://avsab.org/
• International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants: https://iaabc.org/
• FearFreePets: https://fearfreepets.com/
• CattleDog Publishing Home of Dr. Sophia Yin Low Stress Handling: https://cattledogpublishing.com/
  
  As always thank you for listening and sharing this episode with others. If you haven’t already a question or topic of interest please let me know. I can be reached by email vivian@dogbehaviorandconsulting.com  Know I appreciate you and all you you do for your dog. Until the next time keep up the good work.

RESOURCES

Claire S.E. Giraudet, Kai Lou, Alan G. McElligott, Mia Cobb, Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions

Hawkins, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & Williams, 2020
d’Angelo et al., 2022

Patterson et al. (2022) Patterson KN, Horvath KZ, Minneci PC, Thakkar R, Wurster L, Noffsinger DL, Bourgeois T, Deans KJ. Pediatric dog bite injuries in the USA: a systematic review. World Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2022;5(2):e000281. doi: 10.1136/wjps-2021-000281. [

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