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Dogs at Work LEVELED BOOK • J
Dogs
A Reading A–Z Level J Leveled Book
Word Count: 352
Writing
Connections
Write a story about a dog

that helps someone in
at Work
your community.
Share your story with
your class.
Science
Compare two dogs
from the book.
Organize your
ideas using a
Venn diagram.
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J•M
Written by Keith and Sarah Kortemartin

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Dogs
Glossary
chemicals substances that have
(n.) certain features and can
Work
mix with other substances
to make new things (p. 13)
comfort (v.) to calm down (p. 5)

at
criminals people who break the law
(n.) (p. 12)
detection the act of discovering the

(n.) presence of something
(p. 12)
disabilities physical or mental

(n.) conditions that make
it hard for a person
to do something (p. 6)
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medicine a drug or treatment
Focus Question
(n.) that helps with an illness
How can dogs help people?
(p. 7)
16
Words to Know
service dog
chemicals detection
comfort disabilities
criminals medicine
Photo Credits:
Front cover, back cover (main), page 11: © ZCHD/airportk9.org (Supplied
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© KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/AFP/Getty Images; page 3: © OMAR TORRES/ search-and-
AFP/Getty Images; page 4 (top left): © iStock.com/kadmy; page 4 (top right):
© iStock.com/Jmichl; page 4 (bottom): © iStock.com/eAlisa; page 5: © Monkey
rescue dog
Business Images/Dreamstime.com; page 6 (top): © jhphoto/Imaginechina/
AP Images; page 6 (bottom): courtesy of Trevor Thomas; page 7 (top):
© Carsten Rehder/picture alliance/Getty Images; page 7 (bottom): © Animal
Press/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media/Getty Images; page 8: © Chris Shipley/
The Morning Call/AP Images; page 9: © Liu Zhongjun/CHINA NEWS SERVICE/ police dog
VCG/Getty Images; page 10: © Andy Casey/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media/
Getty Images; page 12: © David Joles/Star Tribune/AP Images; page 13:
© Billy Hustace/Image Bank/Getty Images; page 14: © PARK JI-HWAN/AFP/
Getty Images; page 15 (top left): De Meester Johan/Arterra Picture Library/
Alamy Stock Photo; page 15 (bottom left): Jochen Tack/Alamy Stock Photo; Conclusion
page 15 (right): © Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
From finding termites to pulling

wheelchairs, dogs help us
in many ways.
Dogs are strong, smart,
and friendly, and they
Dogs at Work
Correlation
Level J Leveled Book
have powerful senses.
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Fountas & Pinnell J They are some of the
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DRA 18 best workers around.
Dogs at Work • Level J 15
Detection dogs don’t just work
in the world of crime.
Some of these dogs search
for termites in houses and
other buildings.
Termites ruin buildings
by eating wood.
They are hard for humans to find,
but dogs can sniff them out.
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Service and Therapy Dogs . . . . . . 5
Search-and-Rescue Dogs . . . . . . 8
Detection Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dogs sniff for termites at an important building in South Korea.
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
14 Dogs at Work • Level J 3
sled dogs hunting dog
herding dogs
Introduction A detection dog searches a burned building for chemicals.
You probably know that some dogs Police also use these dogs after
aren’t just pets—they hold jobs! a building burns down.
Dogs learn fast. It may be hard to find out whether
They also hear and smell better someone set the fire on purpose.
than we do. The dogs sniff for chemicals
This means dogs can do jobs that that might have been used
people can’t. to start the fire.
Detection Dogs Service and Therapy Dogs
Some dogs use their nose to find Many dogs work with people to help
things that are hidden. them feel better.
They are called detection dogs. These dogs are called therapy dogs.
Police use detection dogs Therapy dogs are trained to comfort
to find criminals. people and keep them calm.
Police use a detection dog to search for a man who committed

a crime. Petting a dog can make sick people feel better.

Other dogs
Odd Jobs
help people Dogs are good learners, and they can do very odd jobs.
For example, one dog worked at an airport in Michigan. He
with disabilities. chased wild birds out of the path of planes. Another group
of dogs had an odd job at a baseball park near the ocean
These dogs are in California. These dogs jumped into the ocean to get balls
that were hit into the water. The program is now over, but for
called service a time, baseball fans loved to collect these “Splash Hit” balls.
dogs. Some of
these dogs help
people who can’t
A guide dog helps its owner
see or hear well. get off a train in China.
Other dogs pick up dropped

items and pull wheelchairs.
Tennille the
Guide Dog
A service dog named
Tennille helped her owner hike.
Tennille was the first service dog
trained to do this. Her owner,
Trevor Thomas, is blind. Tennille
helped Thomas step over large
rocks. Thomas hopes that he Piper the airport worker
and Tennille can encourage
other blind people to hike, too.

Some service
dogs can smell
when their
owner is about
to be sick.
They warn
A Newfoundland practices a water rescue in England. their owner to
Some people get sick because
take medicine. they don’t have enough sugar
Some search-and-rescue dogs in their blood. This dog carries
sweet drinks for its owner in case
she needs them.
work in the water.
Water rescue dogs can pull people
to safety.
They need to be strong swimmers.
For this reason, big, strong dogs
like the Newfoundland make good
water rescue dogs.
A 68-kilogram (150 lb.) Newfoundland
can pull ten people to safety
Sinatra the service dog puts his paw on his owner’s arm. This is
at once! Sinatra’s way of telling his owner to take medicine.

Other dogs sniff the air.
These dogs can find lost hikers.
They can also find people trapped
in buildings that have fallen down.
A search-and-rescue dog helps police find a lost boy.
Search-and-Rescue Dogs
Some dogs look for people
who are lost.
They are called
search-and-rescue dogs.
Many search-and-rescue dogs
use their nose to find people
who need help.
Some of these dogs sniff
A firefighter uses a rescue dog to search for people under rocks
the ground to find people. in China.

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Dogs at Work LEVELED BOOK • J

Write a story about a dog

Written by Keith and Sarah Kortemartin

comfort (v.) to calm down (p. 5)

detection the act of discovering the

disabilities physical or mental

From finding termites to pulling

All rights reserved.

Introduction A detection dog searches a burned building for chemicals.

Police use a detection dog to search for a man who committed

12 Dogs at Work • Level J 5

Other dogs pick up dropped

6 Dogs at Work • Level J 11

10 Dogs at Work • Level J 7

A search-and-rescue dog helps police find a lost boy.

8 Dogs at Work • Level J 9

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