Great commercial from the AKC

Check out this commercial from the AKC. http://www.akc.org/press_center/Promise60.html Over the weekend, I caught this Public Service Announcement from the AKC. As a company that does a lot of dog walking, this commercial really hits home. One of the main scared we have when walking a dog is when a child, we do not know runs up and try to pet the dog we are walking. Since we are not owners of this dog, we can't be 100% sure this dog will tolerate a child petting it. As a company policy, we do not let anyone interact with the dog while we are out walking it. Parents, its really important to teaching your kids to never approach a strange dog and always ask if its okay to pet the dog before the try touching it. In the past couple months I have heard of several kids bit by dogs. As a victim of a dog bite, I want to do everything I can to prevent another kid from being bit. Teach your kids to never "hug" a dog. Instead have the child hold out his hand, let the dog sniff it and if the dog doesn't back away, then the child should pet under the chin first. If the dog doesn't back away from that then gently petting on the back or head should be okay. But, its important that you ALWAYS get permission from the owner before petting a dog.