Guide dog puts her paws up (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Guide dog puts her paws up

SHELLEY the guide dog has bid farewell to patients and staff in the eye outpatients clinic at Cirencester Hospital.

Her owner, Barbara Woodbridge, has been a volunteer working for Gloucestershire County Association for the Blind in the clinic over the last five years and is now taking a well earned retirement.

Barbara's own experience of sight loss has made her an invaluable source of advice and information to patients over the years.

Pat Barlow, co-ordinator of GCAB's Hospital Information Service, said: "Barbara and Shelley have become a popular feature of the clinic and a great inspiration to others with low vision. We have been so lucky to have had them as volunteers for five years and wish them a happy retirement."

Chairman of GCAB, Muriel Smith, also a Cirencester resident, presented Barbara with a bouquet of flowers and Shelley a large bone-shaped biscuit as a gesture of thanks.

Caption: Guidedog Shelley retires from visiting the eye clinic with her owner Barbara Woodbridge