• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    What’s the Orphan Crushing Machine here? That stray dogs are being kept at a shelter instead of being out on the street? I know it sucks to realize, but the idea that every dog not having a loving nuclear family to take care of it is sort of a pipe dream. This seems like the best possible scenario all around. Even the shelter looks nice and clean.

  • lemmus@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This is great until news of this leads to all of the dogs being adopted then the children have no one to read to so they get put in the shelter and the dogs have to be removed from their newfound loving homes to come back to the shelter to bark stories at the children in the cages.

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      7 months ago

      My dog loves when people tell her stories! It’s less about the content and more about the interaction. The book is totally for the child’s benefit so they can learn to read.

      • Fester@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        There’s also the bonus of showing kids that good dogs come from shelters and not just breeders, and definitely not from puppy mills. These kids will remember this when it’s time to get a dog.

      • mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        This made me imagine a TV show where a kid reads to their dog but the dog understands and is imagining themselves as the book’s main character and every week we get a new story starring the dog.

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        7 months ago

        There are better interactions for a dog. For their sake, at least, if that’s a priority here at all. The kids will learn to read regardless.

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          7 months ago

          Someone: does something good.

          Always that one person: but why not do another good thing instead?

          • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            You really came here to turn someone’s opinion into a problem, didn’t you.

            If “we can do better” is problematic for you, then you’re the one with the issue and not the people pointing things out.

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      7 months ago

      They don’t care about the content obviously, but they love when you just give them attention. You can see the dogs are very engaged with their child.

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    7 months ago

    I had to read to my peers, who at that age had zero self control over telling me how shit I read.

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    7 months ago

    Why can’t the kids just read to each other if they feel alone. Stoopid.