Animal Safety Tips

From The City of El Dorado Animal Control Department

Please teach your children the following basic guidelines for safety around Dogs

• Never approach an unfamiliar dog
• Not every dog that wags its tail is friendly
• Ask the owners permission before petting a dog
• Approach a dog slowly and carefully
• When meeting a new dog, let them come and smell you first
• Know where the dogs in your neighborhood live
• Never run from a dog or scream
• Be calm and remain motionless when approached by an unfamiliar dog
• If you are attacked, give the dog anything you have
• During an attack cover your neck and head with your hands and roll into a ball
• Never play with a dog unless supervised by an adult
• Report stray dogs or dogs displaying unusual behavior to an adult
• Avoid direct eye contact with a stray dog
• Do not disturb a dog who is eating, sleeping or caring for puppies
• Do not make loud noises around dogs
• Never tease a dog