Being paw-sitively dog crazy, I'm game for increasing my canine Mugsy's cleverness and cuteness by teaching her to read.
Hey, no howls of laughter and ruff jokes allowed -- Teach Your Dog To Read (Random House), by Dr. Bonnie Bergin, is actually serious stuff. If dogs can detect bombs, sniff out cancer, sense the silent approach of a Tsunami and assist the disabled, then it seems plausible that a stupendous literary feat is just a leap away.
'Dogs are brilliant, perceptive beings ... they have an extraordinary capacity for learning,' says Bergin, who founded the service dog movement and has been training dogs to assist the disabled for more than 30 years.
It's a fetching concept: A revolutionary one, she says; one that'll further the evolution of interspecies communication and help dogs become smarter, better companions and play a greater role in daily activities.
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