OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – St. Alphonsus Catholic School in Ocean Springs has gone to the dogs… therapy dogs.
Maybel, the 80-pound gentle giant, will help students, staff, and teachers when the dog-eat-dog world of school gets difficult. Maybel has a Paw Patrol-esque following, with a huge book of mail and notes written to her by kids in the past year.
Maybel is made up of 14 different breeds of dogs. Staff say that might be why she gets along with just about everyone. Whether it’s a discipline issue or if someone is having a bad day, anyone can come in and hang out with Maybel, and things usually get better. The students also practice reading to her.
Source: wlox.com