Lonely Dog Waits for Kids to Read to Him at Library But Nobody Came

Sting the Greyhound loves story time, but when he recently arrived at his local library for a reading night, there was no one there to read him a story.

The certified therapy dog from Minnesota spends many evenings at the local library having kids read to him to help them develop their reading skills and have some fun.

But on this particular night – something unexpected happened – no one showed up!

His dad, John Muellner, didn’t want Sting to be all alone again so he posted some photos of Sting looking disappointed with a request for young readers to sign up, but there was no way he could have known the response he would get.

https://www.facebook.com/john.muellner/posts/10213138427028120

Sting’s photos went viral, with people sharing Muellner’s post more than 100,000 times! Soon the library’s phone was ringing off the hook, much to the surprise and delight of library staff.

Watch the rest of this heartwarming story in the video below.

Pupdate: Feb 19, 2019

Muellner shared the news that Sting has crossed Rainbow Bridge, he had to let Sting go earlier this month. But he also shared Sting’s lasting impact after two brothers who read to Sting sent him these cards. “This is about 2 brothers who read to my boy Sting the Greyhound at the White Bear Lake MN library. Unfortunately I had to let him go earlier this month. They were nice enough to make this cards for me. This is one of the reasons why the Pet Therapy program is awesome. And the Paws to Read program in the library is so great.”