Slackers in school have plenty of excuses for why they did not
do an assignment. One of the all-time favorites is to say the
dog ate their homework. But in Knox County, canines are showing
up in classrooms to help students with their schoolwork and
unleash a healthy academic habit. Jen, Juno, and Vegas Jen
Wright studies child psychology as a graduate student at the
University of Tennessee. When she's not buried in books,
Wright's daily routine consists of caring for her two canine
girls. There's the large and playful black lab named Juno and
the medium-sized "lucky dog" named Vegas. Vegas was deemed lucky
by Wright because she was one of only a couple of tiny puppies
to survive from a litter that was rescued when the mother dog
was killed. "Juno, she would just play all day long whereas
Vegas would just rather have her belly rubbed," said Wright.
"Vegas has no idea how to play with humans. If you throw a ball
at her it will hit her in the face. Then she'll come over to be
petted. Vegas has such a sweet perso