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OAKVILLE, ON, May 11, 2021 /CNW/ - Like many charities, Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides (LFCDG) and Dogs with Wings Assistance Dog Society (DWW) have faced many challenges due to COVID-19. These challenges included figuring out how to safely train Dog Guides and Assistance Dogs, deliver them to applicants, breed future Dog Guides and Assistance Dog puppies and raise funds to continue to deliver services.
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Read My Book: Odyssey and Shammy Go to School Because of the increased need for service dogs today, we must realize their importance and understand the dog is part of a team, and not merely a pet.
Author of the article: Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Saskatoon author Barry Heath holds his latest book Odyssey and Shammy go to school. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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By Barry Heath
My book presents in two parts. It is initially an illustrated children’s story about two students who arrive on the first day of school with their service dogs. The girl is blind, and the boy is in a wheelchair. Children learn that some people with disabilities have dogs to assist them and that the dog is always workin
TORONTO The pandemic has changed the way we shop, work and act over the last year, and it’s not only humans who have had to make changes, guide dogs are also being impacted by COVID-19. Training guide dogs is long and complicated, it not only involves teaching the dogs commands, but how to avoid and handle distractions. Before the pandemic, taking a guide dog outside and to such places as train stations, libraries, stores and other public spaces would be a form of distraction training, but now it’s another story. “That’s part of the challenge, is finding spaces for the dogs to get trained,” Beverly Crandell, CEO of Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides. told CTV’s Your Morning on Tuesday.