God forbid the school is trying to do something lovely for the kids....
But you have to be mindful that a great deal of children are allergic to and/or frightened of said lovely thing.
Also have to be mindful that the lovely thing is responsible for thousands of injuries every year, mostly to children and one of the top breeds most frequently implicated?
Oh yes, that would be the Labrador.
One half of the labradoodle..
School pets used to be normal and loved to bits
Indeed.
A well trained dog will be well managed -and you child is never going to be forced to have contact if you don’t want them to
The benefits are huge - did you know reading to dogs is a thing that works for poor readers for instance ? Telling your troubles to a dog , just stroking them when you feel sad or angry etc
What about the benefits to the dog?
Or do the dog's feelings just not matter?
There's a very good reason why most reputable rescues will not rehome to families with young children.
Many dogs find children stressful.
Not all dogs want to be constantly stroked, sat with, read to etc.
Many owners are incapable of recognising when their dogs are unhappy, just look at how people perceive tail wags.
Tail wagging = always happy.
That couldn't be further from the truth.
So many people have been bitten by a dog wagging its tail.
I honestly think that so many people are just lucky that overall dogs are such an unbelievably peaceable species who will tolerate a huge amount of shit before reaching breaking point.
The amount of misinterpretation of body language I see on an almost daily basis, it's a miracle the number of bites isn't way way higher.
The school dog idea is just so wrong on so many levels.
And I do say all of this as a big dog lover.