All kinds of (living) animals kept at home indoors or outside. Includes dogs, cats, reptiles, fishes, farm animals, and more.
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Which breeds of dog are safe to have around a toddler?
Which breeds of dog are safe to have around when raising a small child?
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2answers
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How do I explain to a 4 year old that our family pet is sick and needs to be put down?
My son loves our 9 year old cat very much. The cat was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer a couple of months ago, and has reached the point where we will soon need to make arrangements to put the ...
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How do we introduce a newborn to the family dogs?
When our newborn arrives home, how do we introduce our two dogs to the child? We have two Shetland Sheepdogs and they are of course very friendly and loving. Despite this, it feels that in the ...
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How do I teach my toddler not to abuse animals?
We have two dogs and two cats, and our son loves to interact with them, but his form of interacting is not particularly enjoyable to the animals...
Some of the things he does are just annoying, like ...
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How can we comfort a child after the loss of her pet?
A friend of mine brought up a pet dog.
His 8 year daughter daily played with the dog and used to treat it as her friend.
Recently, the dog died, and now the daughter of my friend daily asks about ...
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How do you determine if a child is ready for a pet?
I think being responsible for a pet is a tremendous opportunity for educational, social, and emotional growth.
It is also a big step, and not one to be taken lightly.
How do you determine if a child ...
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How do you choose a pet for a household with children?
My wife and I are thinking about getting a pet, so my daughter (now 3 months old) can learn about animals growing up. What factors should influence the pet we choose? Is there anyway to tell if the ...
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Should I keep hairy pets when my wife is going to give birth?
cats, hamsters. Should I still keep them when my wife is going to give birth?
My concern is about whether the hair from my hairy pets affect my wife and the baby in term of allergy (The hair might ...
