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Many parents accept that dogs and children are often a wonderful combination but children can also be taught to have a responsibility for pets. The important thing is that the tasks and the responsibilities are age related.
Surprisingly even toddlers can be involved even if it is only in accompanying a parent when they take a dog to the vet. Children learn that dogs and vets are at times inevitable.
Toddlers can have a special duty that of rewarding the dog. The reward should of course be a dog friendly reward a treat for good behaviour. Both dogs and children respond well to this task. Toddlers can also fill water bowls and food bowl with adult supervision. One of the best ways to teach children dog responsibility is to take them both out for a walk. The age that a child can take a dog out on his own depends on where you live and the child. If you live in a built up area with a lot of traffic perhaps ten or eleven would be appropriate. However they can play with a dog unsupervised before that in the dogs exercising area. Children can always feed the dog but to remember that they have to take responsibility to actually feed the dog should not be before the child is about seven.
Once the child is a teenager they can take responsibility for most things except of course the financial responsibility!
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