Dog Trainer Laurie Roseborough (left), her Doberman pinscher Thor, and Lincoln Community Policing Committee member Audrey Konkle showed Lincoln Public School students how to act safely around dogs last Tuesday.
In an article in Niagara This Week, Laurie explains what children should do if they are approached by a threatening dog.
Vineland Public School students learned how to approach dogs and avoid
dog attacks last Tuesday as part of an awareness project organized by
Lincoln Community Policing.
“We wanted to get these presentations in before the summer,” said community policing volunteer Audrey Konkle.
In the first of two groups, about 100 children from junior kindergarten to Grade 3 were taught how to react if a dog chases them.
“Never, ever run,” dog trainer Laurie Roseborough told the students, who were excited by the presence of Roseborough’s well-trained and calm Doberman pinscher, Thor.
“If a dog tries to chase you and you run away, you become a target,” she said.
“You just caused a chase game.”
Instead of running, Roseborough taught students how to “be a tree” by standing straight and still, with hands clasped and head down.
“As long as you stay calm and still, that dog is going to go away,” she said.
The children could also “be a rock” by tucking into a ball, face-down on the ground, a position that should be used if a dog knocks you off your bike, said Roseborough.
Read the rest of the article here.“We wanted to get these presentations in before the summer,” said community policing volunteer Audrey Konkle.
In the first of two groups, about 100 children from junior kindergarten to Grade 3 were taught how to react if a dog chases them.
“Never, ever run,” dog trainer Laurie Roseborough told the students, who were excited by the presence of Roseborough’s well-trained and calm Doberman pinscher, Thor.
“If a dog tries to chase you and you run away, you become a target,” she said.
“You just caused a chase game.”
Instead of running, Roseborough taught students how to “be a tree” by standing straight and still, with hands clasped and head down.
“As long as you stay calm and still, that dog is going to go away,” she said.
The children could also “be a rock” by tucking into a ball, face-down on the ground, a position that should be used if a dog knocks you off your bike, said Roseborough.
** On a side note, Laurie says she was misrepresented about the reference to Golden Retrievers. (not surprising)
Thanks Laurie and Thor for making a difference. Education is always the way. Education is what will see us through...