TULIP the guide dog has a special link to the Highlands.
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The blonde Labrador graduated from training September 30, and she wouldn’t have made it this far without help from the community.
Like all guide dogs, it cost more than $35,000 to breed, raise and train Tulip.
Her costs were covered by visitors to the 2014 Tulip Time festival.
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT’s acting fundraising manager Natalie Moses said Guide Dogs was grateful to have been part of Tulip Time as a charity partner.
“With demand for Guide Dogs growing and our reliance on the public to fund their training, we were overwhelmed with the generosity of the local community and festival visitors,” she said.
“Without their support, this beautiful Lab would not be graduating as a Guide Dog.”
Every day 28 Australians are diagnosed with uncorrectable vision loss, including nine who become blind.
As Guide Dogs NSW/ACT receives less than two per cent of its funding needs from the government, the organisation relies on the generosity of the public to fund its services, which are all provided at no cost to those who need them.
To help Guide Dogs NSW/ACT raise and train more guide dogs, visit www.guidedogs.com.au or call 1800 804 805.
