[Cagdu] Broken bottle puts vital guide dog out of action.

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Subject: Broken bottle puts vital guide dog out of action.





This is Leicestershire (UK)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Broken bottle puts vital guide dog out of action

By PAUL CONROY

10:30 - 11 December 2007

A guide dog needed an emergency operation to treat "horrific" 
injuries suffered when he sat on a broken bottle.

The trained golden retriever, called Keats, was badly injured 
during a walk with his visually-impaired owner, Eric Day, on 
Sunday.

It happened when the dog sat on the edge of a kerb - just as 
Keats is trained to do - near their home in Beatrice Road, in 
Newfoundpool, Leicester.

Today the animal's owner said he could not understand how people 
could litter the streets with dangerous glass.

Mr Day, who has had Keats for more than six years, said a woman 
passing by noticed the injury but the golden retriever still 
managed to guide his owner home.

He said: "Being a guide dog he sits at every curb. When I felt 
it, there was blood pouring out.

"It was quite a deep and nasty gash, but he got me home - he did 
his job."

He said an emergency vet had to be called out, who decided the 
eight-year-old dog needed an operation straight away.

He was given a general anaesthetic before the vet could stitch 
the wound.

Keats is out of action for a few days while he recovers from his 
ordeal, but Mr Day is confident the golden retriever will make a 
full recovery.

Mr Day said: "He had to be knocked out and stitched. He's all 
right. He can't work for a couple of days."

The 55-year-old said Keats was absolutely vital to him living 
independently.

He said: "It's the difference between getting out and staying in. 
I'm not so keen on the cane. He makes a big difference."

However, he revealed that this was not the first time Keats had 
suffered a injury from people smashing glass in the street.

The guide dog needed shards of glass removing from his paw a few 
months ago.

Mr Day said: "I can't see why people need to smash bottles in the 
street. I can't understand it."

Keats was provided by the Guide Dogs charity which condemned the 
thoughtless behaviour that led to the injury.

Charity spokesman Graham Kensett said: "What has happened to 
Keats is horrific. Because a glass bottle was casually left on 
the pavement, a guide dog has had to undergo a stressful 
operation and his owner has to rely on other people to get 
around."

Mr Kensett said the charity campaigned to reduce obstacles in the 
street, such as shop signs, overhanging trees and bins.

He said: "Many people do not realise that discarded rubbish, 
chewing gum and glass bottles can cause serious injuries, such as 
this."

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