UK’s first assistance sausage dog Chorizo graduates meaning wheelchair-using owner can now leave home alone
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A dachshund trained at a Sheffield disability charity has become the first of her breed to be an assistance dog in the UK. Sausage dog Chorizo recently graduated with her owner, Heather, from Support Dogs’ disability assistance programme. Heather, who has Multiple Sclerosis and uses a wheelchair, can now leave the house on her own thanks to Chorizo. Nicola Wood, an instructor with Support Dogs, said: “She opens and closes a door in the client’s house which is impossible for her to do in a...

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