Photo courtesy: The Argus Observer
Fred is a yellow labrador retriever who used to be a service dog. His owner named Janet Morrison often visits a library in Ontario to read stories to children. Guess what her storybooks are about? Fred, of course! Morrison has a series entitled, “Fred the Dog,” which features Fred’s real-life experiences in several places.
Morrison’s purpose of sharing Fred’s stories to kids is to educate them and the public in general about the importance of service animals. In one of Morrison’s stories, she reminds kids that they are not allowed to pet a service animal without asking the animal owner’s permission.
She tells the kids that a service dog always makes sure that he does his job and that petting the dog can serve as a distraction. One time, Morrison asked the kids what a service dog does and one of them gladly raised her hand and said that a service dog helps a person with some kind of a disability.
Since Fred has already retired as a service dog, Morrison allows the kids to pet him while she reads her stories. In the photo above, Morrison reads one of Fred’s stories entitled, “Fred and the Happy Face Spider.”
Article source: The Argus Observer
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