McLean Puppy Chronicles: Corky at School: Library Duties and All School Convos

Library Dog

Corky has been having a great time at Berkeley. He is learning all about the library and what he needs to do to be a good library dog. We recently had a big promotion for Valentine's day called Blind Date with a Book where all of our outstanding books were covered in paper and you had to check them out without knowing what book you were getting. It only indicated the genre (it was wildly successful!). Corky was very instrumental in this promotion by not eating the paper hearts off the circulation counter and not knocking the books off the display counter.

Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. McLean and Corky standing in front of the very colorful Blind Date with a Book display area in the Jean Ann Cone Library at Berkeley.

All School Convo Dog

We also had an all school convo to welcome us back to school in January. Corky attended and did very well. We tried a seat near the top so the sound wouldn't be too loud for him.

Mrs. McLean and Corky sitting in the stands near the top of the bleachers.

The all school convo is a bit of an extravaganza. And we are all crammed in together in the bleachers. My thought was, sit up high so that the noise wouldn't be so loud.

Good idea, right?

No.

Corky doesn't have a good settle. He likes to wander and walk and ponder the world. He is a curious dog and where Dewey would be bored in 30 seconds and fall asleep, Corky is fascinated by life.

"What was that sound? Did someone move their arm? Is that a bagpipe I hear?"

So there was no settling for Corky. There was lots of moving back and forth. There was periodic settling and some poking of Dr. Leonardo in the back, which he kindly said wasn't a problem. (Thankfully, Corky also gave him lots of loving. So, I suppose that made up for it. Corky really seems to love Dr. Leonardo.)

In the end, he did finally finally settle down.