Reading to Dogs

We’re going to stay on a library theme this week. I drove by the library today and they were having signups for Reading to Dogs. Have you heard of this? Maybe it’s not new. Here are some select thoughts on this subject:

•          Why are there dogs in the library?
•          Won’t these dogs see this as a social event for themselves and ignore my reading?
•          Are these really old dogs ‘cause I would think the dogs would want to run around regardless of the quality of the book?
•          Do you get to choose the book, or does it have to be Clifford the Big Red Dog or Sounder or something? Could it be Dog Day Afternoon?
•          Is it OK to read in my cute dog voice?
•      Should we read in foreign languages? German (Shepherd)? French (Poodle)? Siberian (Husky)? Norwegian (Lapdog)? 

·         If nobody shows up to read can they do books on tape for these dogs? The library has lots of books on tape…