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Pet Owner Information: Kids and Pets
KIDS AND PETS
Helping care for a pet by feeding him, grooming him, and interacting with him can teach your child about responsibility and nurturing. Here are some ways children of all ages can help:
THREE TO FIVE YEARS
- Pour pre-measured food and water into serving dishes.
- "Baby-Sit" pocket pets in another container while a parent or older sibling cleans the cage.
- Place stickers on a chart to monitor feeding, obedience skills, watering, and cage cleaning.
- Help line the birdcage with paper.
- Pour fresh cedar shavings into hamster or guinea pig cage.
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SIX TO NINE YEARS
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- Change water.
- Hold the leash for a small dog on a walk with an adult or older sibling supervising.
- Play with pocket pets while an adult or older sibling cleans cage.
- Help give the dog a bath.
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TEN YEARS AND UP
- Measure food.
- Walk a dog small enough to be controlled by a child, with an adult or older sibling supervising.
- Brush a cat or dog.
- Clean cage.
- Help dog practice obedience skills.
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