- Collingwood
students buy
seeing-eye dog |

~ USING $400 from a school, fund.
raiving | event,
ingivood School helped the Cana-
dian Guide Dogs for the Blind
-Puichase a puppy named Echo.

Ms, Ko Echo’ is a golden’ retriever ‘who
fr will live. with her puppy walking

“intensive. “ six-r

~ family until she is about 14 months
“of age. During this time she ‘will

have some basic obedience training

‘and, most importantly, will be so-

cialized in as many different situa-

‘tions as possible. For exampic, she

will be taken for, rides'on the bus
and .visits to shopping malls, res-
taurants and other: places where

‘normal. pet dogs are not allowed.
. This, socialization period prepares

the pup for life as a guide dog for
the blind. wou
At 14 months of | age the dog will

, be sent to. Ottawa to a-training

centre where she will undergo ‘the

training program: Toy

» The public can support the Van-:
. couver chapter of Canadian Guide ;
-. Dogs. for the Blind by attending i its

‘fund-raising. walk, ‘called Go°For:
: Guide’ Dogs, around Stanley. Park :
‘on Sunday; May, 29.°: .

The :, fi ive kilometre: walk ‘com

students at’ Coll:

raonth Buide : dog °

mences at 9:4$ a.m. at Devonian

‘Harbour Park between Coal Har-

bour and West Georgia Street, The
circular route: follows:the seawall:
past Brockton Point to Lumber-

man’s Arch and then through the”
‘park past the pavilion and back to
.the bridge at _ Devonian Harbour

Park.)
Canadian Guide Dogs for the
Blind will provide entertainment,

fefreshments and prizes including a

weekend for two at .the. Delta

_ Mountain. Inn-at Whistler. Partici-

pants can watch for the guide dog
puppies in their red and white ~
jackets. The event “will take place ©
rain or shine.

To participate in’ Go For,.Guide
Dogs pick up your application
form at. any, Bosicy's. Pet Food

+ Mart. Registration costs are $5, for’

adults, $3 for children and seniors,»

“and $15 for the whole family.’

» Canadian Guide’ Dogs for the
Blind . is a non-profit ; registered
charity: and every; $5,000 raised ©
sponsors another guide. idog for.

_ Placement i in British Columbia.

‘For more details ‘call Canadian _
Guide. Dogs. for r the Blind: ar 681+, !

5257.

3Y

Wednesday, May 25,

1984

North Shore News

COLLINGWOOD SCHOGL Grade 3 students, Paul Spears, Christine Stringer, Stephanie
Hart and. Lawrence Lee pose with Echo, the ‘three-month-old- golden retriever that was’
bought to be trained as a guide dog for the blind. To raise the money, the kids paid so to:

nol wear their uniforms for the day.

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