This assistance puppy in Cork needs your help

A Cork based-charity which trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities has launched an appeal of a different kind.

Geoffrey the puppy was being trained by the Irish Dogs for the Disabled to help when they noticed he wasn't well. It turns out the puppy was born with a severe genetic joint disorder called canine elbow dysplasia, the most common cause of forelimb lameness.

The condition is treatable but very expensive. It will set the charity, which receives no government funding, back €10,000.