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Episode 52 - Karalynn Thomson - The gift that is Dogs

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About Karalynn Thomson

Karalynn Thomson, a British expat, who has lived in the UAE for the last 20 years. A lover of animals, she saw first hand the issues the UAE experienced with animal welfare and dumping. In 2015, she launched the Animal Agency which is the region's only agency providing animal actors and models to the UAE's film and media industry.

It was always her plan to add an educational initiative to the Animal Agency's offering and in Sept 2017, Reading Dogs was born. Reading Dogs, and its sister project Happiness Dogs, aims to build children's confidence, reading literacy and wellbeing through the use of specially trained dogs. The programme delivers weekly sessions in schools, nurseries and private venues and, as of Aug 22nd 2021, children's hospitals too. As well as offering children a whole host of educational, social and emotional benefits, it also teaches them about animal care and welfare.
About this episode

Is your pet destined for fame and a life in the spotlight or on the big screen? In this episode, we find out about the region's only agency providing animal actors and models to the UAE's film and media industry.
We also talk about Karalynn's latest passion, Reading Dogs. Stay tuned to find out more.

Quotes

"Reading Dogs, is a concept where we take specially trained dogs, send them to schools, nurseries, and private venues to help children improve their literacy and reading confidence. So the dogs come in, they don’t read. The children read to them and it makes reading fun and practicing language and literacy much more fun than if they were doing it by themselves."

"Dogs teach children a lot. They teach them responsibility, leadership. They can teach them empathy, how to care and also how to cope with love."

Having a dog around really becomes not only a child’s friend but also a teacher as well and there’s a lot to gain from that.

It really does take a special dog to be a reading dog. They have to be extremely calm, enjoy interaction, and be comfortable in a new environment.

One of the most important things is making sure that the parents understand the part of the session. A part of what we’re doing is teaching children how to safely interact with dogs. We are keeping them safe not only around our dogs but any dogs that they might come across

Useful Links

Website: https://www.animalagencyuae.com/ https://www.readingdogsuae.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/notifications/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animalagencyuae/ https://www.instagram.com/readingdogsuae/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animalagencyuae https://www.facebook.com/readingdogsuae/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvP_41S9PAxDIAw7cMVTMZg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK76Ld6SE6AYT4LrL7TNN1Q

Twitter: https://twitter.com/animalagencyuae https://twitter.com/readingdogsuae

The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/
Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review

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About Karalynn Thomson

Karalynn Thomson, a British expat, who has lived in the UAE for the last 20 years. A lover of animals, she saw first hand the issues the UAE experienced with animal welfare and dumping. In 2015, she launched the Animal Agency which is the region's only agency providing animal actors and models to the UAE's film and media industry.

It was always her plan to add an educational initiative to the Animal Agency's offering and in Sept 2017, Reading Dogs was born. Reading Dogs, and its sister project Happiness Dogs, aims to build children's confidence, reading literacy and wellbeing through the use of specially trained dogs. The programme delivers weekly sessions in schools, nurseries and private venues and, as of Aug 22nd 2021, children's hospitals too. As well as offering children a whole host of educational, social and emotional benefits, it also teaches them about animal care and welfare.
About this episode

Is your pet destined for fame and a life in the spotlight or on the big screen? In this episode, we find out about the region's only agency providing animal actors and models to the UAE's film and media industry.
We also talk about Karalynn's latest passion, Reading Dogs. Stay tuned to find out more.

Quotes

"Reading Dogs, is a concept where we take specially trained dogs, send them to schools, nurseries, and private venues to help children improve their literacy and reading confidence. So the dogs come in, they don’t read. The children read to them and it makes reading fun and practicing language and literacy much more fun than if they were doing it by themselves."

"Dogs teach children a lot. They teach them responsibility, leadership. They can teach them empathy, how to care and also how to cope with love."

Having a dog around really becomes not only a child’s friend but also a teacher as well and there’s a lot to gain from that.

It really does take a special dog to be a reading dog. They have to be extremely calm, enjoy interaction, and be comfortable in a new environment.

One of the most important things is making sure that the parents understand the part of the session. A part of what we’re doing is teaching children how to safely interact with dogs. We are keeping them safe not only around our dogs but any dogs that they might come across

Useful Links

Website: https://www.animalagencyuae.com/ https://www.readingdogsuae.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/notifications/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animalagencyuae/ https://www.instagram.com/readingdogsuae/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/animalagencyuae https://www.facebook.com/readingdogsuae/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvP_41S9PAxDIAw7cMVTMZg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK76Ld6SE6AYT4LrL7TNN1Q

Twitter: https://twitter.com/animalagencyuae https://twitter.com/readingdogsuae

The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/
Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review

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