Canine reading buddies

Recently, Kaiky and Kyle participated in a program at Deerfield Library called "K-9 Reading Buddies". It was our first time, and we didn't know quite what to expect. It turns out that the kids read privately with a tutor to a Certified Therapy Dog.

Kaiky was so excited to get downstairs, choose a good book and read to her "buddy", that when the time came, she FREAKED. Literally ran away crying. Ay yi yi.

To make a long story short, Kaiky finally did read to Sunny, a 150-lb. long-haired dog of a breed I can't remember. He was a really cool dog and everyone was very patient with Kaiky. She took so long to come around and start reading that she only was able to read to Sunny for a few minutes until her time was up. Then, of course, she cried because she "didn't get to read to him!"

The whole time this hullaballoo was going on, Kyle read to Jaxon, and enjoyed it very much.


We did sign up for the next "Reading Buddy" session and hopefully Kaiky won't freak.