Working dogs Forum

This is Jace's first bus ride. We are headed to a working dogs forum for his QUEST class. The teacher is really great! They have been researching service dogs, therapy dogs, and search and rescue dogs. They have found two sources and learned how to cite them and find information to answer their guiding questions. They have also learned about plagiarism since this is a research project.

This is Jace with one of the seeing eye dogs. This particular dog is retired, but was allowed to stay with the owner. The owner has another dog that she currently uses. She explained to the kids how the dogs help her and how she was trained. I learned so much today that I didn't know and I know the kids learned a ton.



This is actually the dog that she uses now. The dog was so calm and friendly. What a great dog. The owner was wonderful about allowing all the kids to pet him.



This is a reading dog. The owner is a teacher and this dog goes to school with her every day. If you look closely you can see that he is listening to the girl in corner read a story. He really sits and acts as if he understands. It is amazing. This dog is used for students who feel embarrassed to read to adults or other students. The little girl by Jace is the other QUEST student.

This dog was brought by a Vet. He was very friendly. The vet talked about what he does and dog safety.

This is the end of our day. As you can see both kids are tired and struggling to smile. We had quite a few fall asleep on the bus on the way back to our schools. They learned a lot and had a lot of fun, but they were sure worn out.

When I looked at the pictures I realized that I didn't get even one picture of Rick with Jace. Kudos to Rick for taking off the day before loan committee to come. I just wish I had gotten a picture.