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The document discusses various roles of animals, including therapy dogs that visit hospitals, service animals like guide dogs for the blind, and working animals such as herding dogs and marine mammals. It highlights the importance of training and instincts in these animals for their specific jobs. Additionally, it mentions the concept of intelligent disobedience in dogs, particularly in service roles, where they may refuse dangerous commands.

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Reading Assignment

The document discusses various roles of animals, including therapy dogs that visit hospitals, service animals like guide dogs for the blind, and working animals such as herding dogs and marine mammals. It highlights the importance of training and instincts in these animals for their specific jobs. Additionally, it mentions the concept of intelligent disobedience in dogs, particularly in service roles, where they may refuse dangerous commands.

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THERAPHY WORKING DOGS

Therapy
dogs visit hospitals and nursing
ANIMALS Herding dogs have an instinct to
homes. Many gather and move
patients feel good around a happy animals. They are taught
dog. Other commands. This helps them
animals can be therapy animals, do their work wel.
too

SERVICE ANIMAL ANIMALS CAN

Guide dogs help people who are


It is a busy day. One worker
blind. They
guards a park. Another
lead their owners from place to
worker leads a blind person down
place.
a walk.

BEASTS OF BURDEN SERVICE ANIMALS JOB

Asian elephants used to cary logs in


Southeast Asia. Now cuting down trees LABRADOR RETRIEVER, Job:
is assistance dog
not alowed in many places. Elephants TERRIER, Job: hearing dog
now
guard some of these places.
The marine mammals are
MARINE MAMMAL well cared for. They have a
clean place t o live and are fed
a healthy diet. They are also
checked by an animal doctor.

THE NAVY Sea lions and dolphins have an


MARINE SEA LIONS instinct to hunt under water.
Sea lions are excelent divers.
MAMMAL

DHOLPHINS Dolphins have a sense caled


echolocation.
Echolocation alows them to find
objects.
ONE SMART DOG

DOGS DOGS DOGS DOGS

Back home, I unbuckle Harper went to live with a Let m e tell you about Seeing Eye dogs fight their
Harper's puppy raiser when he was intelligent disobedience. instincts t o chase and sniff
harness. Ilifthis water seven Intelligent disobedience is while they're working.
bowl,and ifit weeks old. Harper's puppy refusing a dangerous Harper might forget t o do
feels light, Iknow it's raiser taught him "sit" and command. his job if
empty.I Down. He Tokio harper h e isn't paying attention.
everywhere

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