| The first thought that comes up in a human mind is | | | | tricks, sometimes one also means preparing them for |
| that it is impossible and even immoral to compare a | | | | different dog contests and so on. It is hard to deny |
| child and a dog! And there may be no doubts about | | | | that training a dog is important. However, it is absolutely |
| the fact that these two living being are not comparable | | | | incomparable with importance of child upbringing. |
| neither by their value, nor by any of their | | | | Dogs usually stay under supervision and care of their |
| characteristics. At the same time, there is a clear | | | | owners for their whole lives, while children get to live |
| possibility to compare methods of raising each of | | | | alone in a cruel world of competition, where there is a |
| them. | | | | fierce necessity to survive. It is obvious that nowadays |
| Regardless of how weird it sounds, there are a lot of | | | | parents do not teach their children every single thing - |
| similarities in the process of upbringing a child, and | | | | most of their knowledge children receive from school |
| raising a dog. When each of these creatures are in | | | | teachers. At the same time it is essentially important |
| their baby ages - a human, who is responsible for | | | | for parents to remember, that even though they are |
| them (whether a parent or an owner, if one is | | | | usually not the primary source of child's technical |
| speaking about a dog), has to feed them, to change | | | | knowledge, the future of their children is still significantly |
| diapers, or to clean excrements. There is also a | | | | depends on them: on how well do they treat their child, |
| necessity to teach both a child and a dog that there | | | | how well do they understand their needs and desires, |
| are special defined places for doing such things. | | | | how well do they explain what is this world about, how |
| Parents have to go for walks with little children, in order | | | | well do they teach them responsibility and respect for |
| for children to receive solar light and grow up well, in | | | | themselves and others, how are they ready to help |
| order for them to breathe fresh air, and get acquainted | | | | their child in any situation that may arise, how solid are |
| with the nature around them. The same actions are to | | | | they in their intention to stand for their children and be |
| be performed by an owner of a dog - there is a | | | | persistent in an effort to provide them with all |
| necessity walk with a dog, as it is essential for both its | | | | necessary assets (of which the most essential ones |
| development and happiness. There is a necessity to | | | | are not material). |
| play with children, as it makes them and their parents | | | | It is very sad, that nowadays frequently children get |
| happy. Similar situation might be observed, when | | | | little attention from their parents. For some reason it |
| looking at a dog and its owner. | | | | has become a common practice to spend most of the |
| Children, as well as dogs, and vice versa need to be | | | | time of human life at work, making money, instead of |
| taught different things. However this is a part, where | | | | spending this time with the family and children. |
| essential difference begins. There is a similarity in the | | | | Unfortunately nowadays people rarely think about the |
| fact that adults, or owners of a pet, who are both in | | | | fact that our children need our attention significantly |
| the role of supervisors, have to bring up a child or a | | | | more than our money and what is even more |
| dog. At the same time, the tasks, which stand in front | | | | important - there is no money in this world, which could |
| of them, are totally different, and their importance also | | | | substitute to us happiness of being a parent, |
| significantly differs. By raising a dog, one usually means, | | | | satisfaction from being around our families and |
| feeding it properly, playing with it, teaching it different | | | | beloved ones. |