A friend suggested to Linda-Lee she should apply for a Mobility Dog. Even though she didn’t think she would qualify she decided to give it a go anyway. It was a decision that completely changed her life. As a child Linda-Lee was the first person in NZ to be diagnosed...
Venn, the five-year-old black labrador, works hard at Phoenix Pharmacy 2001, not only as team morale provider but as a service and mobility dog for his owner, Sam Burton. Sam is a pharmacist at Phoenix and takes Venn to work with him every day. Sam has Lambert-Eaton...
Kieran is 23 years old and is on the spectrum. He also has an undiagnosed condition where he collapses out of the blue which he has been under medical care for since he was 17. Kieran’s mum Rochelle explains how they found out about Mobility Dogs and what it means to...
Andrea is a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Otago. Andrea and her partner Richard are the proud parents of Tesla, a 6 year old golden retriever, and they have just spent the last 12 months puppy raising Mobility pup Dalton. This is their...
When we are walking down the street or in the mall and we see a gorgeous dog often all we want to do is stop and say hello. In fact, sometimes it feels like greeting a dog and sneaking a pat is hard wired and we just can’t help ourselves. But, in the case of...
A post from Corrections NZ Facebook page May 2021: Please give a warm, tail-wagging welcome to our Mobility Dogs pups, Fletcher, Cedric and Harper! The pups recently arrived for their advanced Mobility Dog training at the self-care unit at Auckland Region Women’s...
