Getting a child to like animals?
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Our 3 year old hates any form of animal and will literally climb walls to get away from them. Shes never had a bad experience and we dont knowingly make them scary. Her twin brother doesnt have any issues with them.
We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs, but we've just moved house and the previous owners cat keeps coming back and trying to get in. Which we have no control over and means we have a terrified 3 yo.
Any tips on things you've had success with? My inlaws went ot and bought a cat as my wife was the same. But thats not going to happen herelol.
We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs, but we've just moved house and the previous owners cat keeps coming back and trying to get in. Which we have no control over and means we have a terrified 3 yo.
Any tips on things you've had success with? My inlaws went ot and bought a cat as my wife was the same. But thats not going to happen herelol.
Tony Starks said:
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We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs,
I think that is probably part of it.We dont have any pets ourselves as i think cats are a pointless pet and my wife doesnt like dogs,
Why does she need to like animals?
If it's necessary, take her to the zoo/petting farm until she learns to like them
Or just accept she doesn't like pets and thinks they are pointless sp doesn't fancy getting involved.
In reality it sounds like she is just amplifying the vibes from her parents rather than anything actually bad or worrying. If just let it go and not make any form of issue out of it.
My children have an issue with dogs. It is partly because my wife is Sicilian so sees dogs as filthy animals but mainly because we live in a partbof London where the women who own dogs are mentally ill and think their untrained mutt is their child and must play with our children. I've long grown bored of vacuous bints who let their dog charge down our children backing them with the battle cry 'but he lives playing with children'. Luckily, we know enough normal people with trained dogs who don't leap at kids and knock them over but my children still have an issue with dogs when out with their mother as their mother doesn't know how to deal with them.
Long and short, if there is no actual reason for your daughter to have an issue with animals then I wouldn't worry about it or risk doing anything to actually create a real reason.
My children have an issue with dogs. It is partly because my wife is Sicilian so sees dogs as filthy animals but mainly because we live in a partbof London where the women who own dogs are mentally ill and think their untrained mutt is their child and must play with our children. I've long grown bored of vacuous bints who let their dog charge down our children backing them with the battle cry 'but he lives playing with children'. Luckily, we know enough normal people with trained dogs who don't leap at kids and knock them over but my children still have an issue with dogs when out with their mother as their mother doesn't know how to deal with them.
Long and short, if there is no actual reason for your daughter to have an issue with animals then I wouldn't worry about it or risk doing anything to actually create a real reason.
Tony Starks said:
i think cats are a pointless pet
What makes you think that?! They're a great pet, probably the best in my opinion. Take not that much looking after, cleaen themselves religiously, all they need is a lap in the evening and some food and water and job done.Our one is 18 now and while he obviously doesn't do that much in the way of strenuous stuff any more, his personality is such he's great t just have 'around' ...
Why does she have to 'like' them ... she's only three, she'll probably be fine in time ... just keep her way from them if they frighten her.
Because you're just a slave to a cat, dogs, its all unconditional love. And they can be put to work.
I'm very much a dog person and the wife is a cat person, so we don't have either.
She doesn't have to like them, but after having her stuck like a limpit because one was at the door today. It would be nice to just get over that. And now today, she wont go and play incase she sees it.
I'm very much a dog person and the wife is a cat person, so we don't have either.
She doesn't have to like them, but after having her stuck like a limpit because one was at the door today. It would be nice to just get over that. And now today, she wont go and play incase she sees it.
uk66fastback said:
What makes you think that?! They're a great pet, probably the best in my opinion. Take not that much looking after, cleaen themselves religiously, all they need is a lap in the evening and some food and water and job done.
Our one is 18 now and while he obviously doesn't do that much in the way of strenuous stuff any more, his personality is such he's great t just have 'around' ...
Why does she have to 'like' them ... she's only three, she'll probably be fine in time ... just keep her way from them if they frighten her.
Ome point is worth mentioning IMHO. Dogs have owners, whereas cats have staff. Our one is 18 now and while he obviously doesn't do that much in the way of strenuous stuff any more, his personality is such he's great t just have 'around' ...
Why does she have to 'like' them ... she's only three, she'll probably be fine in time ... just keep her way from them if they frighten her.
Our neice was the same initially. But then we looked it it another way. Children and babies are so used to teddies and soft toys, and to see a moving one up close?! Must scare the bejeebus out of you if you dont know what it is.
Our neice was initially scared of ny wifes house rabbit so he was kept in his cage when she was visiting. Eventually she went up to the cage and once she saw that the rabbit wasn't a danger, would pet him in the confines of the cage. This is not only scary for the child, but also for the animal and you really have to keep an eye on it as she treated the rabbit like a teddy, grabbing fur and not lettling go etc...
She's now absolutely fine with him out of the cage and pottering around, and pets him fine.
Our neice was initially scared of ny wifes house rabbit so he was kept in his cage when she was visiting. Eventually she went up to the cage and once she saw that the rabbit wasn't a danger, would pet him in the confines of the cage. This is not only scary for the child, but also for the animal and you really have to keep an eye on it as she treated the rabbit like a teddy, grabbing fur and not lettling go etc...
She's now absolutely fine with him out of the cage and pottering around, and pets him fine.
InertialTooth45 said:
Why do you expect your daughter to when you clearly don't?
I dont expect her to like them, I'm just looking for tips on how to intergrate them into her life so she isnt petrified every time she sees one. Today was probably the worst shes ever been, her brother is the clingy one, but she couldnt bare to be more than a metre away from me or mum all day. Normally shes running around outside and having fun. The longer its left, the worse it will get.
Just because I'm not a cat person is beside the point, as I always make an effort to show they're only after some affection.
Off topic:-
Cats are nothing like dogs, they don't need exercising twice a day, they keep themselves spotlessly clean, just a bit of food and water, (dry food is better for their teeth) fit a magnetic cat flap, so it can come and go when it pleases, wonderful pets.
You can't force her to like animals any more than you can netball or music.
Cats are nothing like dogs, they don't need exercising twice a day, they keep themselves spotlessly clean, just a bit of food and water, (dry food is better for their teeth) fit a magnetic cat flap, so it can come and go when it pleases, wonderful pets.
You can't force her to like animals any more than you can netball or music.
davhill said:
uk66fastback said:
What makes you think that?! They're a great pet, probably the best in my opinion. Take not that much looking after, cleaen themselves religiously, all they need is a lap in the evening and some food and water and job done.
Our one is 18 now and while he obviously doesn't do that much in the way of strenuous stuff any more, his personality is such he's great t just have 'around' ...
Why does she have to 'like' them ... she's only three, she'll probably be fine in time ... just keep her way from them if they frighten her.
Ome point is worth mentioning IMHO. Dogs have owners, whereas cats have staff. Our one is 18 now and while he obviously doesn't do that much in the way of strenuous stuff any more, his personality is such he's great t just have 'around' ...
Why does she have to 'like' them ... she's only three, she'll probably be fine in time ... just keep her way from them if they frighten her.
te fresh from the arse of said animal.DoubleSix said:
Really? I can't recall the last time I heard of a cat owner dragging themselves out of bed to conduct the obligatory 'walkies' whilst simultaneously scooping up warm ste fresh from the arse of said animal.
You don't get the reward of trying to drag a terminally mutilated and bleeding rabbit/mole/mouse from under the sofa, either....te fresh from the arse of said animal.Tony Starks said:
Because you're just a slave to a cat, dogs, its all unconditional love.
It's all about perspective. To me dogs are like really clingy girlfriends who literally have nothing to do other than smother you. Cats are like independent women who have enough of a life of their own that you don't get quickly worn down by their company.Cats easy and self cleaning?
Fur everywhere. Cat odour. Their arse holes sat on work tops and pillows. Licking their genetalia and their paws. Scratching things.
I really don't mind them but I wouldn't desire to share a home with one.
As for dogs, I like them but I find it oddly fascinating that humans would wish to share a home with a different species
Fur everywhere. Cat odour. Their arse holes sat on work tops and pillows. Licking their genetalia and their paws. Scratching things.
I really don't mind them but I wouldn't desire to share a home with one.
As for dogs, I like them but I find it oddly fascinating that humans would wish to share a home with a different species
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