Animal Rescue/Literacy

Mom took us on 2 long walks. 2 1/2 hours in the morning and then 1 1/2 hours in the afternoon. We are pooped. We have to rest our paws. She forgot the camera again - she must be losing it.... Anyhow it was good with lots of sniffs and we met a couple or cute pups. They had also been rescued. That is so good. We see and hear about more about rescues all the time. That is GOOD!

Sasha is almost out but she hasn't put her paws in the air yet to rest them. Maybe she is too tired to turn over. Mom bought something off the Animal Rescue Site for a birthday gift for a special little biped person. Now she is getting emails about other offers. That's OK. The people/vendors that support the Animal Rescue Site as well as the others that are there do a good thing just by clicking on the sites even if they don't buy anything. How special is that???!

Anyhow - - - Mom copied the information below because she wanted to show how helpful the support of the sites is. This one is about literacy and how dogs help kids get into reading.

She thought maybe it might be of interest to some who might visit us.

Here it is:

Lift A Paw For Literacy In the low-income neighborhoods of Chicago you won't see shelves at after-school facilities packed tightly with books and the search for a classroom where children are growing up to be strong readers will be long and tiresome. What you will see is the look of frustration in the eyes of struggling young readers and the torn and tattered pages of books used about ten years too many. Enter: Sit Stay Read! Inc. Sit Stay Read! is a literacy organization whose membership includes trained, friendly dogs! Because reading aloud is critical to early childhood literacy, kids are encouraged to read to these attentive canine pals. Learning to read becomes fun, not frustrating. It's an unusual approach--but one that's yielded significant results. You can help Sit Stay Read! continue its mission: Every order placed today at The Animal Rescue Site store helps fund their efforts, at no additional cost to you! Or you can make a direct contribution with the purchase of our Sit Stay Read - Happy Tales for Wagging Tails Gift That Gives More™. Go ahead--sit, stay and shop now!

Thanks for visiting. This just shows how special we "animals" are. Although we think we are human sometimes.

Ernie & Sasha