‘Guide Horse’ Trained to Help Blind Man With Fear of Dogs

‘Guide Horse’ Trained to Help Blind Man With Fear of Dogs
A Saint Bernard named Zuma watches a fully grown miniature horse named Willow on March 15, 2009. The first guide horse in the UK is being trained to help a visually impaired man. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Jane Werrell
Jane Werrell
NTD News International Correspondent and Anchor
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    • A visually impaired man with a fear of dogs has been given the UK’s first guide horse.
Mohammed Patel, 23, from Blackburn, Lancashire, will have an 8-month-old horse called Digby help him with day-to-day tasks.

The Amercian miniature horse, that is two feet high, will be ready to move in with the 23-year-old BBC journalist after completing two years of training.

Jane Werrell
Jane Werrell
NTD News International Correspondent and Anchor
Jane Werrell is an international correspondent and anchor for NTD News based in London. Jane is a part-time anchor for "NTD UK News."
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