Kids-n-K9s

Kids-n-K9s Kids-n-K9s is an educational non-profit dedicated to improving safe interactions between kids & dogs These are unacceptable statistics.

Over 5 million dog bites occur annually in the United States, with over half of all victims being children. The critical need to provide improved safety was the driving force in developing the Kids-N-K9s company. Experienced child educators recognize that to be effective, child activities must first and foremost be fun. Our products are developed to be fun exercises for the whole family!

07/08/2026

After we play the Red Light, Green Light (shown in the last post) which shows kids that eliminating movement to stop the dog’s approach, I now introduce the opposite which illustrates that adding motion or movement helps the dog to move towards the person. We are actually teaching the kids/family the recall command. Playing this as a family makes it extra fun and we call it puppy ping-pong! , , pinging

07/07/2026

The kids are learning that adding motion or movement or eliminating motion or movement can control the dog’s actions. ,

07/03/2026

First, we start with the worksheet activity that I previously posted, followed by this fun activity. Kids are going to run no matter what you say so help them understand how they can influence what happens with the dog. If they don’t like the dog jumping or grabbing at them with their teeth then this activity helps them see how they can influence them to stop.

07/03/2026

First part of our our session we have this “sit-down”activity before we get up and move around the room interacting with their dog. I tell Kids this is the warm-up activity!

07/03/2026

This is a great introduction teach kids that their behavior ,whether it is calm or excited can influence the dog. Next, we will do the Red Light, Green Light running activity and they’ll see in real time how being calm can stop the dog from chasing them.

06/29/2026

What a great last day and a great group of kids!

06/26/2026

What a successful last day of our school visits. Jan and Tootsie were such a big help this year! I even got the pleasure of holding this tiny baby chick at the end of the session. The kids had a great time as you can tell by all of the smiles on their faces. Thank you to Mrs. Neufeld at Grant School! See ya next year!

06/01/2026

School year is wrapping up. It was another successful year educating kids about dogs!

06/01/2026

I haven’t been on social media much since we were on a trip to Europe, but I am back and we just had our final May I Pet Your Dog school presentation at Grant school. This was a second grade classroom. It was so nice to be invited to Mrs. Neufeld’s classroom! ,

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