By YASEMIN TALAT
STUDENTS at Iramoo Primary School have fallen in love with their newest pupil – a Seeing Eye puppy from Seeing Eye Dogs Australia.
School Principal, dog-lover and one-time breeder Moira Findlay has opened the doors of her home and her school to help raise the Seeing Eye Puppy.
Farrow, the eight-week Golden Labrador, accompanies Ms Findlay to school every day and will do so for the next 12 months.
“She goes with me wherever I go,” Ms Findlay said.
And the children, and staff, at Iramoo love the newest edition to the community.
“It just makes everybody feel good to have this puppy around,” Ms Findlay said.
“Even if you’re not feeling happy you can’t help but smile when you look at her,” she said.
Ms Findlay said having Farrow around would be an opportunity for students to watch and track the pup’s development over the next 12 months.
She will send a weekly email update to the classrooms so the students can be engaged in Farrow’s development.
“She is a beautiful girl and she will be a wonderful Seeing Eye dog for a very lucky person one day,” Ms Findlay said.
Ms Findlay’s first email update to the student introduced Farrow to all the students and ensured the students understood the significant role of the pup.
Ms Findlay said the students understood that Farrow was not a pet but a working dog.
“She is a very special puppy and will grow up to be a dog with a very important job,” she told students.
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, a division of Vision Australia, are desperately seeking generous puppy carers to volunteer their time and love to help care for a puppy just like Farrow.
The puppy caring program requires volunteers to look after puppies from eight weeks to 12 months of age with all costs covered by SEDA.
To become a puppy carer or for more information visit www.seda.org.au or call 1800 037 773.
