We’ve been rebranded!

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As many of you know we are currently acting as ‘socialisers’ for Pup, a trainee assistance dog. He originally came from the charity ‘Dogs for the Disabled’, but last month they rebranded themselves as ‘Dogs for Good’. The idea is that this reflects their increasingly broad remit. The charity was founded by a woman who became disabled and realised that her own dog wanted to help, and she set about starting a charity to train dogs as companions and assistants for people with physical disabilities. But now the charity has expanded to provide companion dogs for children with autism and community dogs who visit schools and care homes, so they thought the old name was outdated and inaccurate. The snag is that at this early stage, the new name is rather meaningless; at least the old name was fairly self-explanatory. Hopefully it will soon become better known. I think in our village the message is spreading anyway because as well as Pup being well known about the place, yesterday I happened to bump into a young wheelchair user who I have never met before, who just received her first assistance dog from the charity three weeks ago. The two seemed very happy together and hopefully will forge a long-lasting partnership! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2015.