Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life

by Brian Kilcommons, Sarah Wilson

Master dog trainer and author of Good Owners, Great Dogs Brian Kilcommons shows readers how to encourage children and dogs to be perfect companions, in a comprehensive manual that demonstrates how to train an older dog to acept an infant, choose the right breed, and more.

Genres: Dogs, Nonfiction, Parenting

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Meghan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a decent book for a certain subset of people.

Namely, if you don't know crap about dogs, and you have no idea how to teach your children to be safe around them (I know there are people like this out there..), this book will teach you how to keep your children safe around dogs. Some nice pics for reading dog body language, too, so your inappropriately friendly child won't run at a fearful or aggressive dog .. and get bitten.

For most dog-savvy families, though, not much in here you don't already know (and I'm actually a bit surprised that he doesn't tell you how to deal with some of the minor aggression issues... identifying it is fine, but there is no help in here once you have). And Mopar the Border Collie objects to bit about not hugging dogs.. he says that dogs are made for hugging, if you and the dog know each other well. In fact, he says the when known company comes over, he EXPECTS he will get a hug. He does agree, however, that children should never, ever hug strange dogs (or, frankly, put their faces within biting distance).

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and sweet. A good supplement to training.

[Jane The Pale]

Too brief, wrong tone. Fix at 18mths not 6.

[Sam Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fast read. Not particularly robust but has some solid tips that are easy and practical.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very quick and basic guide to keeping a safe home with a dog and a child. Some of the advice is very obvious (don't give your dog a baby doll to play tug of war with and then get upset when it mauls your baby) and some of it is slightly more informative, like bumping into the dog and taking away his/her food to check the way he or she is probably going to react to a baby. I didn't feel like it was all that eye-opening, but it's worth the read for first-time parents and pet owners.

[britt_brooke · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book during one singular bubble bath, that's how short it is. While it did raise some great points - ones that I will take to heart - you can find every bit of this information one the web. For free.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick and easy read with helpful information. I plan to refer to the suggestions in this book when our first baby arrives (and grows through childhood).

[Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for families with a pregnant Mommy, infant, and/or toddler. Easy to read and helpful.

[Drue · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty basic knowledge

[Andrew Mulnix · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read before you even get a dog.

[diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this book several times over, but I'm still referring to it.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another brief but good book by two excellent authors.