Recently,
a surprising incidence came into the news. A child’s pet was lost
when they were on picnic, and in the conquest to bring him back, he
has worked hard through troughs and crests. With this news going
viral, the internet had busted with trending twitter hashtag child’s
pet, increased facebook likes and instant instagram hits.
This
has really opened up a platform for us to discuss that how children
love pets and if they are trained to become a responsible pet parent,
they can really prove their mettle and show the world how children
can take the best care because of their love for pets.
Taking
this notion into consideration, we bring in here some of the few tips
that you can apply and help your child become a good pet parent.
Parental
Guidance
Children
specially love pets and they posses that irresistible urge to own a
pet. And many into this will turn out every stone to get their furry
pal. At your kid’s age, you may remember how you had yearned to get
a pet, and to have one you were ready to clean your room and keep
your things at proper place or promised to mow the lawn every Sunday
only to have a lovable companion. However, if you decide to get a pet
then you need to be ready to handle all the responsibility and the
same you need to inculcate these things in your child. You need to
supervise your child when they like to carry on the pet care on their
own. Remember that though children like to look after the pet, you
should never leave them alone regardless how trustworthy your animal
is or how well-behaved your child is.
Taking
Steps for Basic Care
Involving
a youngster in taking the basic care of your pet is essential and the
first part to teach them is about their essential requirement. This
also helps your child learn why a pet parent must take responsibility
of taking care for their basic needs. Start discussing with your pet
about what your pet needs as similar to humans such as food, water,
medications, clean place to eat, proper personal space, somewhere to
go toilet, room to play and move, quiet place to sleep.
You
can even transfer of the more responsibilities depending on their age
such as washing the pet’s food dishes, cleaning the litter box,
grooming him or helping to lead during the walk and help them to
understand the responsibilities of a pet owner. You need to also
explain them about the parasites to which your pets are more
vulnerable and treating them flea and tick control products such as
nexgard, comfortis and frontline plus.
How
To Handle Pets Responsibly
When
your child likes to take care of the pet, it is also important to
teach him/her how to handle them properly without hurting them or
frightening them at an early age. Demonstrating and explaining the
correct way of stroking your cat or dog and how to approach a dog
will help create a good bond between your child and a pet. To get on
the long route of pet parenting, teaching your child to understand
the body language of a dog or a cat will imperatively help prevent
unwanted accidents and result into a strong bondage between them.
You
can even show your child how to teach the pet to listen to command
and follow discipline without using aggression. You can even get your
child register into training classes along with the family, if you
are unsure of the training methods.
Importance
of Vet Visits
For
your child to be a responsible pet parent, you need to explain them
the importance of vet visits. How important it is for a pet to be
taken to your vet for vaccinations, annual checkups, spaying and
neutering. Children are quite sensitive and taking your pet to the
vet may be quite frightening for them. So you need to curve out the
answer to help him understand the requirement of vaccination, yearly
treatments and neutering or spaying. This will all help the youngster
better understand what all the things a responsible pet parent needs
to follow and do in order to provide the best care to their pet.
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