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Pupdate 6 - Sprout has qualified as a buddy dog!

Hello, I’m Kerry, and I’m pleased to let you know that Sprout has been partnered with my family as a buddy dog

Isabella and Sprout are the perfect partnership. Isabella was born with global development delay, meaning that she has delayed development across areas including motor skills, speech and emotional intelligence. Isabella was also born with nystagmus, a vision impairment in which the eyes make repetitive, uncontrolled movements. 

At three months old, I was told that Isabella would never learn to walk or talk, and that she’d struggle to form relationships. Despite this, I worked tirelessly alongside a physiotherapist and, at five years old, Isabella can walk perfectly – she loves to run! 

Isabella is non-verbal with limited vocabulary, but she communicates well via Makaton, which is a form of sign language. 

We don’t know how bad Isabella’s vision is as she’s not able to tell us. At home, she’s able to get around perfectly well and it’s easy to forget that she has a vision impairment at all. When we go out, we notice it more. She isn’t able to see where one thing stops and another begins, so things like kerbs and steps are difficult and she falls over a lot. 

 

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