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Little Puppy Carer by Renee Patience, a Paws Academy Junior book. Colourful cover with a girl checking the water bowl and a boy holding a towel beside Sully the puppy in a sunny kitchen.

Little Puppy Carer

A Paws Academy Junior colouring and activity book for children aged 4 to 10

"We'll look after him, we promise!" Most families hear it before the puppy arrives. Then the children find that most of the care jobs are grown-up jobs, and they aren't sure where they fit in.

Little Puppy Carer shows them. The 16 lessons cover water, dinner time, toys, brushing, teeth, paws, ears and keeping an eye on a poorly puppy, each with an easy page to read together and a big picture of Sully being cared for properly. Children learn which jobs are theirs, and which ones stay with the grown-ups.

Give your children real puppy care jobs. Colouring, lessons and puzzles that teach children aged 4 to 10 the safe, simple ways they can help look after the family puppy.

Caring for a puppy is one of the best things a child can learn, as long as the jobs fit their age. In this book the children fetch, check, notice and tell, and the hands-on jobs stay with you.

Inside the book: 99 pages, 16 lessons, 50 puzzles. Print as many times as you like: a carer's promise, a carer's chart, a certificate and a fridge poster of the care rules.

What's inside

  • 16 lessons in three parts: everyday care, brush, wash and check, and healthy and happy

  • A big colouring page for every lesson, with girls and boys all the way through

  • Everyday care: what a puppy needs, fresh water, dinner time, foods that aren't for puppies and a safe toy box

  • Brush, wash and check: brushing, bath time, teeth, paws, claws, ears, eyes and a clean bed

  • Healthy and happy: growing up strong, the right amount of exercise, spotting a poorly puppy, the grown-up care jobs and your carer's chart

  • Five of every puzzle: mazes, word searches, jumbles, dot-to-dots, spot the difference, counting, quizzes, good idea or not, and drawing and design pages

  • A short note for grown-ups on every lesson, and all the answers at the back

What's inside Little Puppy Carer: three real pages from the book.

Pages to print and keep

  • My carer's promise

  • A carer's chart

  • A Little Puppy Carer certificate

  • A fridge poster of our care rules

Why this book is different

  • Every job is matched to what a child can safely do, with nobody holding the puppy still

  • Children learn to notice and tell, which is exactly what a puppy needs from them

  • Food, medicines and anything poisonous are kept with the grown-ups, all the way through

  • Sully, the Paws Academy puppy, is cared for on every page, just like in the other Junior books

  • Print the carer's chart again each week to keep the jobs going

Who it's for

Children aged 4 to 10 who want to help look after the family puppy, families who'd like to share out the care jobs fairly and safely, and anyone with a child who's promised to look after the puppy.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A 99-page A4 PDF, emailed to you straight after checkout. Print it at home, in black and white, as many times as you like for the children in your family.

For children aged 7 and up

Sully's Puppy Quest is my online game course for children. They help Sully the puppy through his first year over 8 levels and 24 short games, with a real-life mission to do with your own puppy (and you right beside them) and a certificate with their name on it for every level they finish. See Sully's Puppy Quest.

Little Puppy Carer

€9.99Price
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