{"id":151,"date":"2013-07-02T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?p=151"},"modified":"2018-01-03T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T12:41:20","slug":"3rd-june-2013-guide-dogs-for-the-blind-a-talk-by-pebbles-and-sue-giles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2013\/07\/02\/3rd-june-2013-guide-dogs-for-the-blind-a-talk-by-pebbles-and-sue-giles\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd June 2013 &#8211; Guide Dogs for the Blind: A talk by Pebbles and Sue Giles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Have you ever given a thought to how a blind person knows which can is filled with peaches and which with dog food? Or wondered how you would look after a toddler if you couldn\u2019t see him?\u00a0 Hertford SI found the answers to these questions and heard how blindness affects aspects of life which the sighted world takes for granted when they welcomed Sue Gilkes and her guide dog Pebbles to a meeting. Sue told the members how she lost her sight gradually over a number of years and how this changed aspects of her life, while refusing to abandon the ideas of a family and career. She introduces us to Pebbles, who is Sue\u2019s third guide dog. She explained how the dog and owner have to get used to each other\u2019s way of working and learn together. Members also heard how guide dogs are trained and other aspects of the work of \u201cGuide Dogs for the Blind\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was a most informative evening and everyone found out something they had not known before.<\/p>\n<p>If you were wondering about the answers to those questions \u2013 there is a gadget which allows you to label a can by recording your voice onto a magnetic label, while the best way to look after a toddler if you can\u2019t see him is to have a good fence round the garden and attach a bell to him!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-009-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-009-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-009.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pebbles, Sue Giles and Soroptimist Sarah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: right\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-008-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-008-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2013\/07\/sorops-008.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd>Pebbles and Sue<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever given a thought to how a blind person knows which can is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-2013"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3rd June 2013 - Guide Dogs for the Blind: A talk by Pebbles and Sue Giles | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Hertford and District : Blog &amp; News : 3rd June 2013 - Guide Dogs for the Blind: A talk by Pebbles and Sue Giles : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . 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