Family Paws: Five kinds of supervision for homes with kids, dogs

Today, Shryock talks about the five levels of supervision of kids and dogs that parents use. Shryock says dog trainers often tell parents that active supervision, when both dog and child have a mom or dad's full attention, is key.

"I really feel like it just goes in one ear and out another," she tells me. "We always say we're supervising. Of course we are, we're responsible parents."

But as Shryock knows from her own experience as a parent, lots of things can distract us for just a moment, from the load of laundry that needs to move to the dryer to email to the phone.

So she created the five kinds of supervision - absent, passive, reactive, proactive and active - to make parents more aware of the need for the right kind of oversight. Learn more about each level by watching the video.