1.Introduction: Children and Their Lives with Dogs; Mary Renck Jalongo.- Part One: Dogs in the Family.- 2. An Attachment Perspective on the Child-Dog Bond: Interdisciplinary and International Research Findings; Mary Renck Jalongo.- 3. Behaviorally Healthy Bonds between Children and Dogs; Mary Renck Jalongo and Maureen Ross.- 4. The Family Dog: Influence of Parents on Children's Concepts of Responsible Care; Kelli-jo Kerry-Moran and William F. Barker.- 5. Becoming Parent: The Role of Dog as Baby in Learning How to Care; Jane Bone.- 6. Children's Ideas about Canine Behavioral Issues and Training Practices; DeAnna Laverick.- 7. Loss of a Canine Companion from the Perspectives of Children and Families; Mary-Ann Sontag Bowman.- Part Two: Dogs as Support for Children's Development and Learning.- 8. Interactions with Dogs to Support Children's Growth in Literacy; Jean P. Kirnan and Nina E. Ventresco.- 9. Visiting Dogs: Animal Assisted Interventions, Education, and Therapy; Mary Renck Jalongo and Janine Hudock Petro.- 10. Roles for Dogs in Counseling, Therapy, and Disaster Relief; Rise VanFleet.- 11. Service Dogs for Children: Mitigating Physical and Psychological Disabilities; Mary Renck Jalongo and Lori Breece.- Part Three: Dogs in the Community.- 12. The Popular Media and Children's Sources of Information about Dogs; Natalie K. Conrad Barnyak and Jacqueline L. Myers.- 13. Children's Ability to Interpret Canine Behavioral Cues and Dog Safety Interventions; Mary Renck Jalongo.- 14. "Dogs are great listeners": A University Course Project to Involve Children in Reading Aloud to Shelter Dogs; Tunde Szecsi and Melissa Mehan. 15. The Next Generation of Dog Guardians; Mary Renck Jalongo, Deborah Linder, Faithe Rotz and Dana Schultz.- Appendix: Research Project: Child and Parent Perspectives on the Responsible Care of Dogs, Safety Issues with Canines, and Behavioral Problems in Companion Dogs.
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