"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander."
~ Isaac Asimov
 
All-Around READing Dogs
California ~ "Sunny"  

This is a collie listening to a book being read by a girl in elementary school.

Belfair's Sunny Treasure
with a reader at Ramona Elementary School.

Children have been reading to Sunny twice a month at the La Mesa Library in La Mesa (San Diego County), California, since October 2005. In February 2008 he began weekly visits to Hearst Elementary School in San Diego.

This is a girl reading a book to a collie at La Mesa Library.

Sunny's scarf and leash happened to match
this reader's outfit and even her book today!

Books about Collies include:
The Chrismas Colle, by Ted Paul
Grey Dawn, by Albert Payson Terhune
Holly, the Christmas Collie, by Melissa J. Draper
Lad: A Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune
Lassie Come-Home, by Eric Knight
Sandwiches for Duke, by Judy Ann Sadler
Wolf, by Albert Payson Terhune
Wonder Dog: The Story of Silverton Bobby, by Susan Stelljes

Sunny is a Collie. Sensitive and responsive, Collies were have been used for centuries to herd and guard sheep, and they are exceptionally devoted to their family. This trait was vividly portrayed in the famous Lassie movie and TV series. Although the Rough Coated Collie like Lassie and Sunny is most recognizable, there is also a smooth coated variety of the breed. This is a collie relaxing with a young reader in La Mesa Library in San Diego County.

The best way to spend an afternoon
at the library.

Sunny was first registered for therapy work in 2005 through Therapy Dogs International, Inc., and earned the Therapy Dogs International Active (TDIA) volunteer award for 50+ therapy visits. He now is registered with Therapy Dogs Incorporated and is also a Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.®) team member. He has passed the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen test and earned his Rally Novice title. Sunny also received his Herding Instinct Certification from the American Working Collie Association and Collie Club of America. He has been on television, in the newspaper, and at several schools and libraries.

     
 
 
 
 

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