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Aisling & Kali
Aisling tells us about how her Guide Dog, Kali, enables her to lead an independent life.
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Aisling tells us about how her Guide Dog, Kali, enables her to lead an independent life.
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I have had Guide Dogs since I was 25 years of age and Valley is my 6th Guide Dog.
I have an eye condition called Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (“LCA”) which presented when I was 6 months old.
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A poem by Guide Dog owner Carol about her wonderful Guide Dog Arlo.
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Before I got Umar, I used the long cane. It was more challenging maneuvering in crowds as I was having to find obstacles, whereas Umar will navigate freely. All I do is follow him.
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In the spring of 2020, we had Covid. In the summer, I had 2 months of radiotherapy for prostate cancer and in the autumn, I was matched with Paige
In July 2020 I commenced training with my third Guide Dog, Minnie, a 27-kilo white Labrador, who was born on 25th August 2018.
Imagine you’re a 10 year old again – just an average kid. You love watching television. Playing football with your friends.
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I have been blind since birth, and have been fortunate enough to own four wonderful Guide Dogs.
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November 2024, I celebrated 30 years of being blind. A far cry from that November night so long ago on the fifth floor of Sligo General Hospital.
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Can you imagine what it’s like for your whole world to change overnight? To feel like a different person, to have people treat you differently
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I was matched with my Guide Dog Pepper in September 2023 and it’s easy to say he has been a great success.
When my first Guide Dog Yaz was retiring and I was preparing for my next Guide Dog, Leon, my daughter wrote Yaz a lovely letter:
How was my life before I got my Guide Dog Yazz? It was difficult. From having vision till I was 19, then to losing my vision when I was 20.
In the quiet countryside of Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, a tale of resilience unfolds, where Monica Wims, once a vibrant part of her family's farm, found herself grappling with darkness after a tragic accident in 2011.
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One morning in January 2011, Paraic Barnes woke up with a big ink blot obscuring his vision but he walked his daughter to school as normal.
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I began 2020 feeling excited and a little anxious as the week before Christmas I had got the wonderful news that I would be joining a Guide Dog class towards the end of February to commence training with my first Guide Dog whose name is Gaston.
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I wake up every morning looking forward to taking on the day with Ezra as my partner.
Having him by my side has provided me with many opportunities that I would never have had without him.
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Before Esme entered my life, I never liked to leave the house much. I always felt the need to be with someone or would have someone do something for me.
While classified as registered blind for the last 30-odd years, for the few years up to 2018 my eyesight had started to impact my life more than ever.
The Guide Dog Trainers came to my home for a matching visit with a dog I had never met before – Jira.
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