Becoming Best Friends: Safe Play! Children and Dogs Together
Vicki Kate Nash
language
(, July 22, 2017)
An interesting and informative picture book for children. One with an important message. Through bright and bold hand-painted watercolour illustrations, children can begin to learn more about understanding dogs. With dog body language (doggy language), shown in full page illustrations, alongside the often missed, subtle signs of emotions displayed in dogs and puppies. Children find out how to spot these subtleties (therefore potentially avoiding unwanted situations). They learn basic knowledge and understanding of dogs. Children can then apply this new knowledge when encountering unfamiliar dogs, when out and about, or with the family dog at home. These important skills can help children and dogs to be safer around each other, with supervision from a responsible adult. A positive and fun introduction to the basics of 'reading' a dog and how to behave around these wonderful creatures. This Becoming Best Friends book, will help teach a mutual respect and understanding of each other. Whether it's building a bond with their own family pet dog, or knowing when they should look, but not touch, an unknown dog in the park, or street. This book will help the fearful child, to see how a friendly and passive dog looks and behaves. Boosting the child's self confidence and helping to reduce fear of dogs. Knowledge is key. This book will also help the bold child, who shows no fear and hastily heads (face first), towards an unknown, or unwelcoming dog. The important message is 'Give space, away from your face'. But also that 'Dogs are good!'Dogs with jobs! Dogs that provide assistance and support for a blind, or partially sighted person and dogs that are specially trained to support a disabled person, or autistic child are captured, alongside other amazing dogs in the book! Dogs for Good U.K. currently use the paperback version of this book in their PAWS workshops. For parents of autistic children who have, or are thinking of having, a family dog to help their autistic child. Dogs are good!This book will help young children and dogs stay safe together. Building a bond, becoming best friends!