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ber guide dog Moss? We are excited to announce that Moss and two other “top dogs” have been chosen as category winners for the first judging stage in this year’s Guide Dog of the Year awards.
Moss has won the “Life changing” category, having learned 20 routes in six months to enable owner Dawn Sergeant to gain back her independence and return to work.
“Outstanding work” category winner Gus, is owned by student Jemma Brown. Gus and Jemma share an active lifestyle crammed full of lectures, touring with Jemma’s cricket team and shopping!
Guide dog Gino is “top dog” in the “beyond the call of duty” section. Gino, owned by Maxine Ingram, barked to warn bus passengers that a man on board was going to have a fit thus ensuring that first aid treatment was quickly given.
Readers of Woman’s Weekly and Guide Dogs Chief Executive Richard Leaman, will now have the tough challenge of choosing which of the deserving three will be crowned Guide Dog of the Year 2010.
Good luck to all!
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I just felt the need to express my feelings regarding this so called dog of the year. Regardless of how people look at it IT IS A COMPETITION and I feel strongly about this, I am a GDO and have been for 14 years, and feel it is unfair to judge the dogs in this way they are all life changing and many work beyond the call of duty on a daily basis THEY ARE ALL SPECIAL IN THIER OWN WAY. I understand that we nee the publicity but there must be a much nicer way of doing it, may I also add the fact that at least 2 of these dogs have only worked for a short while. I am an older GDO maybe thats why I feel like I do it is always it seems young ones that win these things and usually in work I am not in any way envious but I and many of my GDO FRIENDS HAVE BUSY LIVES AND OUR DOGS MEAN JUST AS MUCH TO US our dogs are special HOW CAN YOU JUDGE ONE AGAINST ANOTHER EXCEPT IN VERY EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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