The story behind Paws in Schools:
My husband and I adopted our dog Nipper from Jack Russell Rescue back in 2011 as an 11-week-old puppy. We don’t know what happened to him before he reached the rescue group, but due to his behavior we think he was abused by a man. When we are out in public with Nipper so many parents just let their children come walking straight up to him to attempt to pat him. Du
e to Nipper’s nervous character this would cause him to lash out to try and nip the child. This means we can’t take Nipper out to coffee shops or leave him tied up unattended and it feels like we need must have eyes everywhere. He’s not a bad dog he’s just scared of what might happen to him, so he lashes out first before he gets hurt. If we knew children and adults would leave him alone and ignore him Nipper would feel safe and be fine. I’ve also seen several times firsthand young children marching up to dogs they don’t know when tied up and the dog is unsupervised and sometimes stressed because the owner is out of sight. I am also tired of hearing about dog attacks on children in the home. Where I think the child has been pushing the dog’s buttons for a while until the dog snaps one day. I’m sure Nipper isn’t the only dog that finds children and strangers scary and unpredictable, and I’m sure I’m not the only one that hates reading about dog attacks on children. That’s why I started Paws in Schools to try and prevent these dog bites/ attacks from happening through education.
