Safeguarding Children Around Dogs

Safeguarding Children Around Dogs is a short, practical safeguarding awareness course designed for parents, carers, childminders and early-years professionals. The course focuses on prevention, adult responsibility and risk reduction, helping adults understand how everyday situations between children and dogs can escalate — and how to intervene early, calmly and appropriately. Rather than teaching dog training techniques, this course centres on human behaviour, supervision, positioning and environmental management, with a strong emphasis on recognising canine body language, managing space, and prioritising a child’s safety in real-world scenarios. Learners are guided through common domestic and childcare settings, with clear explanations of why incidents occur, what warning signs are often missed, and how adults can reduce risk through proactive decision-making and safe intervention strategies.

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