Members of the Mutt-i-grees Canine Corps are redefining the term ‘working dog.’ The teaching Mutt-i-grees featured below are now in many schools for most of the week. They help promote a positive school climate, lend an ear to students practicing reading skills, join counselors working with children emotional difficulties, mediate behavior problems, and help developmentally disabled students. When they are not working, members of the Mutt-i-grees Canine Corps are busy greeting parents, getting hugs from students, and hanging out in the school library or media room. Some even accompany staff on speaking engagements promoting the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum. Their teacher handlers are reporting that by day’s end, these dogs are exhausted!
Meet Shelby: A Calm, Happy, Nonjudgemental Pup
Meet Shelby, the Mutt-i-gree® who brings a calm, happy, nonjudgemental atmosphere to Shell Bank Intermediate School The Mutt-i-grees® Team visited I.S 14 Shell Bank Intermediate School in Brooklyn with several puppies to hold an interactive and informative assembly. The students and teachers there – already fully immersed in the Mutt-i-grees® - Read more
