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| This is the best I could do to capture what little face this dog has. |
Our daughter got Percy, a shih tzu puppy, over the July 4 weekend, so he's now about 15 weeks old. We got to meet him a couple of weeks ago. What a funny, nutty puppy he is! Poor Alfie didn't know what to make of him. Percy wanted so much to be his friend, but Alfie quickly got fed up with having this little nipper following him around and trying to bite his tail.
Our daughter is a youth services librarian, and she plans for Percy to become a library dog. He already goes to work with her every day. Right now, he stays in his crate in the break room, and the librarians visit him during their lunches and breaks. She will start him in puppy classes soon, though, and eventually have him certified as a therapy dog. Once that happens, he will be able to serve as a reading buddy for the kids. Read to a Dog programs have become very popular at libraries and schools as a way to encourage reluctant readers with a non-judgmental audience.
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| The future library hound and his librarian owner. |
What a sweetie. Love the photo of your daughter and Percy and what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteHe is adorable and how great your daughter is going to use him as a therapy reading dog. I would have loved to have been a librarian!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Meredith
what a cutie!!!! and what a great job he will have. :0)
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This is the cutest post I've seen today! What an adorable little dog. His life is very well planned out for him and he's going to be one spoiled dog! The kids are going to love him, and what fun that she will be able to take him to work with her. This is a win win situation for her, the kids, her co-workers, and most of all the cute pup!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful daughter by the way!
He is so sweet and adorable!
ReplyDeleteOH my!!! but he is gorgeous!!! I hadn't heard of the Read to a Dog program before but I think it is a marvelous idea! I had heard though that along with poodles and terriers Shih Tzus are very bright! I can just see this little chap sitting with the kiddies as they read. :-)
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Amanda x
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What an adorable little pup! I think it's awesome that your daughter works in a library and is training the dog to be with kids. Good job! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeletePercy is so adorable. That's a wonderful thing that your daughter is doing. You must be so proud of her.
ReplyDeleteoh! I totally adore Percy! He's soooo awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour new grand dog is adorable! How wonderful that your daughter is going to train him to be a reading buddy! And congrats to your daughter on her job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful daughter you have --and Percy is adorable... I'm sure that Percy will be the 'pride' of the family now!!!!! We met today with friends who have 4 little dogs....
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
Gorgeous. What a fabulous-looking dog. I love how he's also a 'working dog'. He'll bring a lot of joy to a lot of children visiting the library xx
ReplyDeletePercy is certainly an adorable little dog!
ReplyDeletePercy is SO adorable! (So is your daughter.) I love that he's going to train to be a library dog to help reluctant readers. That is so awesome.
ReplyDeleteAdorable. I want two…
ReplyDeleteAre they good with potty training?
Love that percy will be a reading help dog.
We taught our Golden to "Read the book"
He had surgery on his leg and was supposed to be immobile. our great trainer said we had to keep his mind busy. So ……we taught him to "read a book"
We took a big old dictionary, put him in a down, opened the book. Hid a dog cookie inside the pages and he turned it with his nose to get the treat. All to the command, Read the Book Huck read the book. It was darling