Click on the image above to see a great video of how dogs are helping kids learn how to read. This is one more thing to add to the long list of amazing things that dogs can do. Hat tip to Laura Nevell
I love kids toys with a social conscious! Pottery Barn Kids has four different “Adopt a Puppy” plush toys that encourages adopting a dog from a shelter. The Adopt a Puppy “includes adoption papers so kids feel like they’re welcoming a real pet into their lives” and is “packaged in a cardboard carrier that resembles [...]
When Will is old enough that he gets to choose how to redo his room, I hope he will pick out something like this for his walls. Blik has a ton of great wall decals, but of course my favorites are these dog decals by Pillow Pillow Pillow.
Thanks to my friend, Anita, I found out that the GAP is giving some major dog love lately. When I look at the GAP online I usually look at the woman’s clothing or the baby boy stuff. Little did I know that the girls and toddler girls sections were full of adorable clothing featuring dogs. [...]
Does your kid love dogs but is sick of the same dog with the floppy ears and spot over its eye? These are great options for breed-specific stuffed animals! Doug and Melissa have several breeds available and look at how cute they are!
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I’ve said before that one of the ways we can prevent animal cruelty is to teach our children how to interact properly with dogs. This is a great book that helps do just that. Plus, dogs can be scary to kids at first, so this book helps kids understand what various dog actions and reactions [...]
. Now this is the kind of summer camp that I would have loved as a kid. Here in Omaha, the Nebraska Humane Society has an awesome summer day camp for kids ages 6-12. Camp Kindness is a five day camp where kids interact with the shelter animals and are taught how to care for [...]
When we have kids, they are going to have a ridiculous amount of dog clothing. This bulldog shirt by Appaman is a great example of a shirt I’d swipe up in a second!
This is the most heartwarming children’s book! Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Boelts can be purchased on the ASPCA website, where all the net profits go towards helping fight animal cruelty. What a great story to help raise a socially conscious kid! The description of the book reads as follows: “A little boy imagines [...]
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