How to use this book at home
Show your child the pictures (No reading yet)
Flip through the pages and let your child guess how each dog feels. Visual learning makes the first step fun.
Read the simple explanation
Each page has a short sentence showing what the dog feels and what your child should do — quick, clear and easy to remember.
Practice in real moments
Use what you learned when meeting dogs at home, on walks or with friends. Kids quickly start making safer choices on their own.
Reinforce with flashcards
Use the flashcards for quick daily practice. A few minutes a day helps the lessons stick.
HELLO IM ELIZABETH R.
About the creator
A lifetime of loving, raising, and understanding Golden Retrievers.
I am Elizabeth R.
Golden Retriever breeder, parent, and lifelong dog lover. For over 40 years, I’ve lived and worked with Golden Retrievers (from childhood to adulthood) through my kennel.
In that time, I’ve raised puppies, supported families, and seen how easily misunderstandings happen between kids and dogs — usually simply because the child didn’t recognize what the dog was trying to say.
❓ Why I wrote this guide
I’ve seen preventable accidents, nervous moments, and stressed dogs, not because anyone meant harm, but because children weren’t taught how to read dog body language.
I created this book to give parents a gentle, visual way to teach kids how dogs feel, so interactions can be safer, calmer, and more joyful for everyone.
💡 Built with care and expertise
This guide has been created over the course of a year, refining every emotion page, every sentence, and every teaching step.
Along the way, I’ve had support and feedback from dog trainers, experienced owners, and parents who helped make the content clear, accurate, and child-friendly.
🌟 My mission
I want parents to feel confident.
I want children to feel safe.
And I want dogs to feel understood, because understanding prevents fear, stress, and accidents more effectively than anything else.