Hooray for Moose the Reading Dog!
October 27th, 2008 by Jon
Nice piece in today’s paper about a classroom in Vail, CO using a yellow Labrador named Moose to get kids 
into reading. Students take turn reading to the pooch, who (as any Lab owner could tell you) adores the attention. The dogs are “reading certified” as part of a program called “Wagging Tales”.
I liked this part:
Moose has a calming effect on students and allows them to loosen up when they’re having trouble reading a passage.
“When they read it to me, they have a little more anxiety,” Dekanich said. “With a dog, there’s no criticism or judgment, and no laughter if the child makes a mistake.”
Here’s the link for the full article
August 31st, 2010 at 6:00 pm
It’s extremely surprising how widespread panic and anxiety has become. So many people are embarrassed to admit it, but really everyone has anxiety. it’s just some people worse than others. I recently heard an article in the news about where Carrie Underwood admitted to having bad panic attacks before performing.