How to teach a child to treat animals

Animals often suffer from human action - and in the wild, and in the city, and even at home. To make sure your child is not joined the ranks of those who like to mock the homeless animals or take them into the house, and then to throw out on the street, it is necessary to inculcate it to animals culture. Here are some principles that it is important to teach a child from an early age.

The animal does not appear in the house at the first request of the child

Children fickle in their hobbiesToday want to have a cat, tomorrow - a hamster, iguana, and then someone else. Before you start a pet, make sure that the child really wants is an animal that he no allergies, explaining that the cat / dog will become a new member of the family back and you give it longer can. Talk to your child about the reasons why he was an animal: he really need a friend or a way to assert themselves before their peers, something to someone to prove.

No need to buy pets

Of course, if you decide to have fish, hamster or exotic animal, then they need to have to buy. But most children want a cat or dog. They do not need to buy a number of reasons. 95% of cats and 75% of dogs are not at home. If you take an animal from the street or from a shelter, you will get the most faithful and grateful friend in the world. This may not be a small kitten or puppy and an adult animal. Explain your child why you take just such a pet, teach him compassion to animals.

Also, do not buy expensive animal species. Behind them need special care, preventive procedures, permanent znachitelnyk investment. A child needs a friend, without the price tag and pedigree.

The child is responsible for the pet's behavior

If the animal is ruined wallpaper, nibbled shoes, made a puddle on the floor - this is due to the fact that is not enough to look after him. Teach your child that the behavior of the pet is always responsible people. And if a dog or cat is something broken, ruined, not to went to the toilet - it is not it will be punished, and the one who had to look after her.

The child shares with parents the obligation to care for a pet

If it is a cat - the child can go to the store for food for her, change the water in the drinkers, clean the tray, comb wool. Dog walk their child may, if it is small, but he has enough strength to hold her back. You can also instruct your child to wash the dog's paws after a walk, feed and water. Parrot or hamster baby can quite very clean cage pour feed and change the water. Caring for the fish more difficult - but a child can always take part in helping the parents. The main thing is that he has to understand - that the animal needs care and attention every day, and the owner is obliged to provide for them.

Squeeze animals is unacceptable

Animals feel the child in front of them, and treat him with indulgence shares. However, babies and even more so the older you need to explain to children that pull the animal by the tail, strongly squeeze and make other traumatic action can not be with the animals. Firstly, it is dangerous for the health of the animal, especially if it is much less a child. Secondly, it is dangerous for the child, as a dog or cat can get angry and bite. Thirdly, it is disrespectful to the animal. Encourage your child to try on such behavior themselves: I would like him to someone painfully squeezed his twitching and just because he's so cute?

Pet must be sterilized

Explain to the child that the appearance of puppies and kittens - it is certainly nice, but then you need to attach them all in good hands - and this is problematic.

Do not touch other people and homeless animals

This is especially dangerous. The animal may be sick - and from its bite will be a lot of problems. And if the animal with the owner - it can perceive as a threat to someone else and rush to protect. You need to respect other people's animals and not touch them without permission.

All animals must be respected

Explain to the child that the cat and the dog can not be to paint, self-cut, disturb her sleep or eat, to feed with anything. And yet you can not torment the birds and especially to push the beetles.

On the street you must abide by the rules dog walking

The child must be remembered that the dog in the street you need to look more responsible than the house. It is unacceptable to let a pet on their own to run, and to be with headphones and looking to the phone. The animal is necessary to remove waste products, make sure that the dog did not run, did not attack people or other dogs, do not run out on the road. The dog must be on a leash and muzzled. Down off the leash can be only in specially designated places for training dogs.

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