Mobility assistance dogs don’t just help children with walking – they also help improve overall quality of life for the children and their families.
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The paws of assistance dogs are cleaner than the soles of their users’ shoes.
Imagine being able to detect a smell from more than a kilometre away. Dogs can sniff out things from a greater distance than that.
As part of their training, a guide dog will practise getting around some of the most common places the person they will guide needs to go.
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