We loved this article about students working with shelter dogs!

“Ken and Barbie are not the perfect couple. They have fears to overcome, and they lack social skills, probably due to the way they’ve been sheltered all their lives.

Catherine Brown is helping them work through their issues. But she’s not a therapist; she’s a teenager. And Ken and Barbie aren’t dolls; they’re dogs being cared for at the Humane Society of Eastern Carolina.

The Daily Reflector of Greenville reports that all are part of a program that pairs pups with people who try to help them become suitable companions.”

“We’ve been working with the puppies to socialize them,” said Dr. Linda Kuhn of East Carolina Veterinary Service. “We’re trying to teach them some good dog manners so people will want to adopt them.”

Kuhn, whose children attend The Oakwood School, began about a year and a half ago recruiting Oakwood students to participate in training exercises with dogs at the Humane Society. Since then, students from some other area schools have joined the program, which meets once a week after school.“

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