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The guiding hound

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Is There a Relationship Between a Dog and a Human?

Woollork richard is currently without a guide dog, because topper died at the age of 13 earlier this year. He made a conscious decision to not have another dog while topper was still with us. The bond is so strong, and inevitably the bond has to be broken every eight, ten years or so. And it's really difficult. But i won't go through this awful pain every few years when the dog dies. I can't imagine the strength of the relationship that must be created between a human and a dog in that situation. You become more like them than you are yourself. We don't quite become each other, but we become very, very like each other.

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