Guide Dogs

Not all blind people need guide dogs (Mike and Tehani Taylor, fellow-members of the local Liberal Democrats and fighters on diversity issues can manage without) but there is no doubt that many have been liberated by their four-legged best friends. Having worked for a senior programmer who had a succession of guide dogs over the years, I can vouch for the quality of the training which Guide Dogs in the UK gives. This training is expensive, though, and on this day dubbed International Guide Dogs Day by the International Guide Dogs Federation, I would appeal to all my followers to make a contribution, as I continue to do.