Dino was my Mum Janette's first guide dog. He arrived on teh scene over 20 years before me. My mum got him in January 1996 at Forfar guide dog training centre in Scotland. He was a yellow labrador and not at all what my mum exxpected as she said she wanted a black dog like the labradors she had grown up with. Dino didn't work long as he had a bone disease and had to retire at 5 and a half years old but lived in retirment till he was 14 years old. Not a bad age for a dog to live.
Dino was a stubborn male and was very headstrong but he didn't anticipate being given to a strong willed lady who knew how to work a dog like him and put up with no nonsense. He was a good working guide dog and very happy at his work on the island of Lewis in teh outer Hebrides.
This was teh main place where he worked and often visited the mainland to his Mum's parents at Caol, a wee village near Fort William. Dino flew on planes and often worked in strange places and in London.
That was a little bit about Dino and will insert a image of him if I can in a moment.
He looks like a very nice dog. I'm waggng my tail as I write this as I know he was a happy dog and he looked after my mum really well as he was her first guide dog and ti was all very new to both of them way back in 1986.
Waggy tail from your four legged friend Nushka
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