Thirty kilograms of black Lab braininess stand between Robert Gill and an assisted living centre. “If I didn’t get help I’d have to live in a home,’’ says the 40-year-old Victoria, B.C., man who has suffered life-threatening epileptic seizures and was in Oakville recently making final arrangements for the very assistance he needs to maintain independence. It comes in the form of Naveed, an almost two-year-old dog with a value of $25,000, the cost of care and special training as a seizure response service animal by the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides program, funded solely through donations and fundraising.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:42:27 +0000
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