A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
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Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I’ve been getting more and more angry over the past few months. It feels like Mom is simply never around anymore – first she went to Europe for a whole month. She had only been home for a few weeks when she suddenly disappeared again, this time to Mauritius. …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji I’m bouncing up and down with excitement because I have wonderful news to share with you all – my favourite fictional guide dog is back! His name is Garth and he’s the main dog in the Guiding Emily series by Barbara Hinske. And the exciting news is that …
Hello everyone it’s me – Fiji… again This isn’t going to be a long post, because I’m just sooo excited because my mom is back home. She came home a few days ago and I’m still jumping up and down and running around like crazy because I’m so happy. Mom is home and …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. Today is my birthday. I’m not going to tell you how old I am because a lady never reveals her age. Well, to be honest, I’m still unsure if I should be counting in human or doggy years so I just thought I would ignore the whole …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. Freedom and independence are very important to us guide dogs. After all, our purpose is to give our humans a greater degree of freedom and independence to do the things they want. So I wagged when I saw that the theme of the latest ad campaign from the South …
Last week Guide Dog Fiji told you how we found ourselves at a remote part of Cape Town International airport, and how I subsequently upset her by climbing into a small airplane and flying away. Of course, there’s more to the story, because lots happened between the time I flew away and when I …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I’ve told you before that I sometimes think humans do strange things. I found myself thinking that again recently when me, Mom and my friends from the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind went on an adventure together. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. The most amazing thing happened to me last weekend – I had a visit from one of my cousin guide dogs, whose Dad had human stuff to do and couldn’t take his guide dog with him. Guide dog Billy is great. He is a black Labrador, …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. Can you believe that Mom and I have been partnered for six years? I can’t. In some ways it feels like she has always been my mom. And in some ways it feels like it was only a short time ago that I walked into that room at the …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji, I’m jumping up and down and bounding around in ecstatic circles to tell you that my book has finally been published. Paws for Thought: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Guide Dog is full of stories about me and my human and doggy family, from my puppyhood …