Family Paws is dedicated to providing education, information and resources to parents, kids and professionals about safe kid & k9 interaction. Education is key to establish and maintain comfortable, safe and lifelong relationships with our canine companions.
As the Mother of three children, dog owner and foster home, Jennifer Shryock offers the experiences and lessons of daily life with kids and dogs, combined with professional knowledge of child developement and canine behavior to help provide you with safe, fun and practical solutions for your entire family.
Family Paws offers the expertise and services of Jen Shryock, professional canine behavior consultant and teacher. At the core of our business and everything we do is the education of people about dogs and human-canine safety, especially children-canine safety. Education brings awareness and awareness brings the ability to be proactive and ensure safe human-canine interaction. See our Mission Statement.
Family Paws is truly a family business (see pictures of our family), consisting of Jen Shryock, her husband Joe, three children Andrew, David and Kayleigh (ages 7, 6 and 2), two canines (German Shepherds Moose and Carin, three felines (Jack, Leben and Clover) and our many current feline or canine fosters.
To learn more about Family Paws and our family check out this section of our web site and enjoy all our pictures. We welcome comments, feedback and new ideas so Contact Us and let us know what you think! After all, its the safety of children, families and communities that important!
Photo taken during a monthly Dogs & Storks workshop
Jen talks to Boy scouts about the care dogs need & safety.
Jen talking Kid & K9 Safety at the Town of Cary Safety Town summer camp.