016 Find the post-box

One of the great benefits of a guide dog is that the dog can find things that might escape you otherwise. Find the door, find a seat, find left (= bear left), find the bin, find the step..... and, even, find the post-box.

Why should anyone like me with a bit of sight need the dog to find a large, bright red object like a post-box? Well, I am red-green deficient, with a particular weakness at the red end of the specturm. I wouldn't worry in bright sunshine, but in dull conditions, the post-box could easily go unnoticed.

My dog knows to locate the post-box and sit by it until I tell him to move on. He learned this in one session, and, yes, he is pretty bright!