Charlie the American Staffordshire Terrier

by Joseph Bates
(Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Charlie at school

This is a second post for me about my other dog, Charlie. He is a 3 1/2 yr old male AmStaff.

This is a pic of us at the DoDD school. We were giving a demonstration to a second grade class about “the A,B,C’s of meeting a strange dog”. As you can see from the pic, Charlie is wearing his backpack (full of cheese crackers). The kids had to do the A,B,C’s properly and then got to pull a cracker packet out of the backpack.

It was hugely rewarding, especially when a handicapped boy got to meet my Charlie. He was so excited and it was truly wonderful to see.

We have also done this for a local Cub Scout Den.



Best,

Joseph Bates, TSgt, USAF