Dog guides give a new leash on life
The Walk for Dog Guides is Saturday, June 3 and will be raising funds and awareness for the Lions Foundation Dog Guide Program which helps raise, train and place guide dogs in Canada.
“We currently have no dog guide dogs in the Battlefords but we do have a hearing dog guide in Cochin,” Marie Milnthorp, the organizer of the Walk for Dog Guides, said. “Each dog costs $25,000 and we are hoping to raise that amount so we can bring a dog guide to the Battlefords for someone in need.”
Milnthorp says there is no charge to the individual who is placed with the dog guide and she hopes the event has a huge turnout.
“It just changes a person’s life when you see a dog with them,” Milnthorp added. “Especially if you’ve seen them before and afterwards you see a totally different person. It makes the person whole again.”