Guide dog oweners: Dogs give new lease of life

Guide dog owners have spoken movingly about how the unique partnership with their dogs has given them a new lease of life.

To mark World Sight Day today, the Irish Guide Dogs (IGD) has published a series of photographs showing the owners and their dogs at various Irish landmarks to celebrate the independence and mobility their guide dog has given them.

The owners said you don’t have to be a ‘dog person’ to become a guide dog owner and the charity encouraged more visually impaired people to avail of its services.