Sally Labrador, seen above, has just been certified by the Delta Society as a "Read with the Dogs" canine assistant–she's ready to work with kids in public schools. Sally spends a lot of time with readers and writers in Iowa City where her mom Jeanette directs the Iowa City of LIterature non-profit arts organization. We are pleased to be a part of Sally Labrador's fan section!
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Jack’s in training right now. Hope you’ll post his phabulous photo when he graduates. Congratulations to Sally and her owner!
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Awwww! She’s so cute! I think this program is brilliant, & being a retriever, I’m sure she could fetch some good books! One question, though- why not title this post “Reading Goes To The Dogs- Literally”? Speaking of dogs & reading, did you know that some Standard Poodles are so smart that they’ve learned to read and are being trained as service dogs for non-verbal people? The person types a command for the Poodle onto a computer screen, & then the Poodle reads it & performs the command- turning lights on or off, picking up dropped objects, opening drawers, fetching desired objects, & they can even call 911 when their human partners need help.
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