You tend to get a lot of attention when a 90-pound chocolate lab walks next to you at Woodmoor Elementary School.

"Moose is like a little mini-celebrity," says dog trainer Becky Bishop of her dog Moose. "It's hard to get through two hallways without getting stopped several times. They all know who he is."

Moose and Becky are at Woodmoor Elementary for Reading With Rover, a program she helped create. It's where kids who have trouble reading read aloud to therapy dogs.

No, the dogs don't talk back. They just listen and Woodmoor special ed teacher Betsy Leahy says there's no pressure.

"When you're reading to a dog there's no criticism," says Leahy. "There's licking and tail wagging."

Leahy says the program's so successful that it's being featured as part of an Animal Planet documentary on communication between animals and humans.

The program should air sometime next summer, but in the meantime, Leahy says more kids are sharpening their reading skills, a mellow dog at their side.

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