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Purina Dog Walk bringing communities together The Purina Dog Walk for Dog Guides is a national fundraising walk that is held in more than 200 communities across Canada. This year, with the help of many local volunteers and with support from the Kamloops Riverside Lions Club the Purina Dog Walk will be held on Sunday, June 21, with a sign in at noon and the walk beginning at 1:00 pm at the Kamloops Yacht Club located at 1140 River Street. This walk helps to raise funds for training guide dogs for Canadians with visual, hearing, medical or physical disabilities and to date has raised more than $12 million dollars to help provide
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dog guides at no cost to the growing number of Canadians who need them. You can register at any veterinary office, pet store or clinic in Kamloops. The Purina Dog Walk will be a pet and people friendly event where you can walk with friends, family and co-workers, or even join with another team and walk with new friends you’ve just met. Everyone is welcome to attend, all ages and abilities and even if you don’t get to finish the entire route, you’re participation is appreciated and you qualify for some great incentive prizes as well. There is no registration fee and all the funds raised will go directly to the cause. Guide Dogs serve many different purposes for
individuals with special needs. They can be any type of breed although retrievers are often chosen, however pedigree does not matter. They are selected for temperament, ability to take commands and how well they bond with their handler. With the demand for specialized dog guides growing, due to the many applications and types of special needs they can be trained to assist with, it is no wonder dog guides are becoming the first choice for improving an individuals quality of life and prolonging their ability to remain self sufficient. For instance, there are vision guide dogs that help increase the mobility and self-confidence of people who are blind or visually
impaired by enabling their handlers to travel safely through crowds, traffic and negotiate stairs and obstacles. Hearing ear guide dogs are trained to alert handlers who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds they cannot detect, improving safety and security for the handler. Seizure response guide dogs help their handlers who are affected by epilepsy and are specially trained to react to seizures by barking for help or activating an alert system. Diabetic alert guide dogs assist people who have type one diabetes with hypoglycemic unawareness and are trained to detect drops in their handler’s blood sugar through scent and alert them so they can eat something sweet and are
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