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Seeing Eye dog leads blind
couple onto train tracks
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In this sad story we see a blind
couple who fell into a train track pit:
A seeing-eye dog leading a blind couple through a station
fell over the edge of a platform with the couple Sunday, leaving
one of them injured, officials said.
The 52-year-old woman who was injured in the accident, which
occurred at Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Oguri early on Sunday,
suffered cuts to her forehead and was taken to hospital.
Fortunately there was not train coming at the time. The injury was
blamed on a mistake by the seeing-eye dog:
The accident is thought to have occurred because of a
mistake by the dog, but there were no textured paving blocks for
blind users in the area where the accident occurred. Blind users
say the accident could have been prevented if textured blocks
and fences had been placed at the station. West Japan Railway
Co. (JR West), which manages the station, is investigating the
incident.
This story reminds all guide animal trainers of the importance of
safety and how blind people entrust their lives in the judgment of
their guide animals.
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Janet Burleson
is one of the world's pioneering horse trainers
– Practical
Horseman Magazine
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Seeing is
believing
– USA Today
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Janet and Don
Burleson are . . . Angels
– People Magazine
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How wonderful
that Janet and Don Burleson have initiated this valuable
experimental program teaming miniature horses with blind people
– Newsweek
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Miniature ponies
are leading the way for the blind
– ABC News
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Guide Horses .
. . are as small and disciplined as Guide Dogs
– TIME Magazine
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Extraordinary
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ABC 20/20
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It is often the
little things that win our hearts and minds
– ABC News
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The Burleson’s
are . . . using horse sense to Guide
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Boston Globe
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Twinkie proved that
miniature horses could fill the role, and fill it well
– VetCentric Magazine
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An Intriguing
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