🌳 Be a Tree: Dog Safety for Kids

At the Children’s Museum of Eastern Oregon

Join us for a fun and engaging dog safety program designed especially for kids and families.

This one-hour Be a Tree workshop helps children learn how to understand dogs’ body language and make safe choices around both familiar and unfamiliar dogs. Through interactive activities, movement games, and simple visual lessons, kids learn practical skills they can use right away in everyday life.

The Be a Tree program is part of an internationally recognized dog bite prevention education initiative developed by Doggone Safe, and is taught locally by a Certified Dog Bite Prevention Educator from Blue Mountain Canine. These lessons help children build confidence around dogs while supporting safer relationships between kids and pets.

During the workshop, children will:

• learn how dogs communicate through body language
• practice what to do if a dog feels uncomfortable or too excited
• play interactive “Be a Tree” safety games
• become “dog detectives” who notice what dogs are telling us

At the end of the session, children will have the opportunity to meet Dottie, a friendly therapy dog, and practice their new safety skills in a guided and supportive way.

This program is ideal for elementary-age children and families who want to help kids feel more confident and safe around dogs.

📍 Event Details

Location
Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon
400 S Main St
Pendleton, OR 97801

Date & Time
April 17
3:30–4:30 PM

Cost
$8 museum admission (includes access to the museum before and after the program)

Helping children understand dogs doesn’t just prevent bites — it helps build lifelong respect, confidence, and safer relationships between kids and the animals they love.