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Library program helps local kids READ with Dogs to improve skills Bethaney Wallace | collegian For children all over Manhattan, there is a program offered that combines both a love for animals and a love for reading. Each week Manhattan’s Public Library offers an event called READ with Dogs (Reading Education Assistance Dogs), a program that gives children the opportunity to sit and read to a dog. Each child signs in, chooses a book and is given 20 minutes of reading time with a variety of dogs, all of whom are certified by Therapy Dogs International. The program, which was started about three years ago, began after a volunteer approached the library about bringing in trained dogs, said Jessica Long, children’s programming assistant. Although it was started as a trial program, it became so popular that the library began hosting it each week and has now grown to six volunteers and nine dogs. The dogs, who are also certified to work in nursing homes, are trained by Susan Keller, evaluator for Therapy Dogs International and training director for Manhattan Kennel Club. Keller said each dog must pass a test before becoming certified, which in-
cludes behavior, listening to commands and a “canine good citizen test.” Keller also volunteers for the program with her three dogs: Mocha, Pedro and Poncho. Another volunteer, Belinda Hunter, got started in the program after her dog Bixby failed a hip X-Ray, which prevented him from becoming a service dog. Hunter heard about READ and got Bixby certified in the program, which they attend two times a month. At their last visit, Hunter said a boy was reading “Go, Dog. Go!” to Bixby. When he read, “It’s time for sleep. The dogs go to sleep,” Bixby lay down on the boy’s lap. “He really thought Bixby understood the book,” Hunter said. “That makes it fun.” Many of the children who attend do not have pets and are not used to being around them, said Keller. “The kids really enjoy the dogs, but some of the kids are a little scared,” Keller said. “This kind of helps them get over that.” Anita, age 4, said she enjoys participating in READ with Dogs and comes to the program each week. “I like petting the dogs,” Anita
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Zianna Holyfield, age 7, reads the book “Mad Dog” to golden retriever Bixby in the Manhattan Public Library Sunday afternoon. Each Sunday at 1 p.m., kids get the chance to practice their reading skills by reading aloud to dogs in the children’s area of the public library.
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