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Patricia Cornwell with Trip, one of the horses she donated to the guide Horse Foundation

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EYE LITTLE PONY

Mar 18 2004
 

TONTO THE GUIDE HORSE.. AND HIS BABY-SIZE TRAINING SHOES

By Helen Cook

 

YOU'VE seen the guide dog, now step up a size...to the guide HORSE.

Three-year-old Tonto is just two feet high and is the precious eyes of his blind owner Shari Bernstiel.

Tonto does everything the traditional guide dog can, including taking Shari on shopping trips and to the cinema.

But he has one big advantage over the guide dog - a life expectancy of 40 years.

That means Shari can stick with one animal for most of her life instead of changing dogs several times. Tonto even has his own pair of trainers to give him better grip on shiny floors.

Shari, who lives in Pennsylvania, said: "A lot of people ask if he's stuffed.

"Well, he's walking and there's no place for batteries."

Tonto, who cost £1,000, took a year to train at the Guide Horse Foundation in North Carolina. A similar scheme using Shetland ponies started in Britain last year.

Dan Shaw, 45, is another of a handful of blind people in America to choose a miniature horse instead of a dog.

Dan, who lives in Maine, teamed up with Cuddles in 2002 and is sold on the idea of a horse guide.

He said: "Instead of going through three or four guide dogs in my lifetime, I'll get to stick with one animal."

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