Great local support at Puppies and Pimms evening

Thank you to all those that joined us for a great evening with demonstations and guided tours of the Canine Partners Training Centre. Our heartfelt thanks go to Lydia for her support arranging this event and sponsorship from Warwick at The Royal Oak, Heyshott.

Daredevil from Winchester to take to the sky after two year fight to get there

James Rose, from Winchester, has spent the past two years battling bureaucracy because he has Cerebral Palsy, which some said would stop him from achieving his dream of jumping from a plane.

James is not so easily deterred, and on Saturday 11 July he will take to the sky with his close friend Michelle Lewis, to raise money for Canine Partners and Comic Relief at RAF Weston in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
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Ground breaking assistance dog to guide blind wheelchair user

Young and registered blind, electric-wheelchair user Stephanie Read has had her life completely transformed by the UK’s first ever dual-purpose Guide Dog and Canine Partner. 

Miracle dog Vegas is the only registered assistance dog to perform the dual roles of guiding a blind person and helping a wheelchair user; trained in a ground-breaking project between the charities Guide Dogs and Canine Partners.

“She’s transformed my freedom, mobility and independence,” says Stephanie. “Vegas is a super dog – and I’m so grateful to Canine Partners and Guide Dogs for this miracle.”
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