Life as a Guide Dog Puppy
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Corey Moody, aged 9, and his family have puppy walked two guide dog puppies. Guide dog-in-training Judy inspired Corey to write this description of life as a guide dog puppy and enter it in his school's speech competition.
Corey won the competition and sent a copy of the speech to us. We thought it was pretty good too, so we have reprinted it here with permission from Corey.
I was born to be a guide dog puppy. That's what they tell me. My Mum was one, my Dad was one, my grandparents were too. And I think it's pretty cool really. The best thing about being a guide dog puppy is I can spend all my time with humans, and I get to go to all sorts of cool places like shops, McDonalds, Kelly Tarlton's (though I wasn't too sure about those stingrays!).
I also get to ride on buses, boats, trains and planes. Not with the bags and stuff but sit right where the humans are!
As a guide dog puppy I'm not allowed to jump up on people, eat people food, beg, or do poops or wees with my red coat on, or play fetch! I can't even chase cats, birds or other dogs! (How bad is that!)
I found out one thing that really upset my humans was wandering off by myself. I don't know what all the fuss was about - I came back when they called. It seems to have something to do with costing thousands of dollars to replace me - whatever that means.
My absolute favourite thing to do when I'm not working is going to the beach. This is doggy paradise, all that sand to dig and sniff and roll around in, all that water to swim in, sticks to rescue from drowning ... Ahhhh ... Oh sorry, where was I?
Oh yeah. In finishing, let me say that I really like humans but I do wonder about their intelligence sometimes. For example, you'd be surprised at how many other humans come up to mine and ask, "Is this a blind dog?" Helloooo. Have I missed something? Did they see me bumping into things? How can a blind dog help a blind person get around? Now really ... Oh well - I guess that's life as a guide dog puppy!