Puppy love

Charity calls for help to raise young guide dogs

- SASKIA ROWLANDS

ALMOST 900 people who urgently need a guide dog face an anxious wait due to a lack of volunteers to raise them as pups.

The charity Guide Dogs is making an urgent plea for dog lovers, particularly in Scotland, to come forward to help.

Pups spend their first 14 months living with a volunteer, who cares for them in their home and teaches basic cues.

But due to a dip in sign ups during the pandemic, 893 people are waiting to be matched with a dog and the charity needs more volunteers to bring this number down.