Read, Rover, read It's not as far-fetched as you might think

[responsiblek9]

Read, Rover, read
It's not as far-fetched as you might think
http://torontosun.com/Lifestyle/2006/07/24/1699445-sun.html

 Don't miss your cue (card), Rover
 
 
Columnist Joanne Richard's dog Mugsy is currently on a training course. (David Lucas/Sun) 
Being paw-sitively dog crazy, I'm game for increasing my canine Mugsy's cleverness and cuteness by teaching her to read.

Hey, no howls of laughter and ruff jokes allowed -- Teach Your Dog To Read (Random House), by Dr. Bonnie Bergin, is actually serious stuff. If dogs can detect bombs, sniff out cancer, sense the silent approach of a Tsunami and assist the disabled, then it seems plausible that a stupendous literary feat is just a leap away.

"Dogs are brilliant, perceptive beings ... they have an extraordinary capacity for learning," says Bergin, who founded the service dog movement and has been training dogs to assist the disabled for more than 30 years.

[Kirsten]

With her background she bothers to publish a book on teaching dogs to read instead of a book on service dog training????

[responsiblek9]

THis Book will be sellable to a wider  pet audience and make real money
 there is little money in a service dog book .
 Nora & crew

[Kirsten]

Dollars before people.  With a shortage of service dogs and SD trainers, some really good instruction, at least something directed at experienced trainers for making the transition to training service dogs, would be of great benefit to the world.

I guess I'm still mad at her about discriminating against persons with service dogs in her own service dog training program.  If you actually need a service dog, you can't participate in her program to learn to train service dogs.

What does the world gain with dogs reading?  Sure, it's cute, but....