guide dog

noun

Definition of guide dog

: a dog trained to lead the blind

Examples of guide dog in a Sentence

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The animal must be individually trained to do work or perform tasks that benefit a person with a disability, such as a guide dog for someone with visual impairments or an animal trained to provide help to someone with post traumatic stress disorder. — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, "It will soon be a crime in Alabama to misrepresent a pet as a service animal," 14 Aug. 2019 There are also wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, as well as a new guide dog and an ear with a hearing aid. — BostonGlobe.com, "CVS begins human trials of home dialysis machine," 18 July 2019 Judge Andrew Kim fined Smalling $157 for the infraction but refused to order her to compensate the owner of the guide dog. — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, "Calif. court says convicts must pay restitution, no matter how small the crime," 7 June 2019 There are also wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, as well as a new guide dog and an ear with a hearing aid. — Washington Post, "Modest economic expansion cited in Federal Reserve survey," 18 July 2019 There are also wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, as well as a new guide dog and an ear with a hearing aid. — BostonGlobe.com, "CVS begins human trials of home dialysis machine," 18 July 2019 Some of the upcoming emoji will include people who use hearing aids, wheelchairs, guide dogs and people with prosthetic limbs. — Nadia Suleman, Time, "Apple Teases 230 New Emoji in Celebration of World Emoji Day," 17 July 2019 These include people in wheelchairs, people with canes, guide dogs, hearing aids, and prosthetic limbs. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "Why does Apple hate falafel?," 17 July 2019 There are also wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, as well as a new guide dog and an ear with a hearing aid. — Michelle Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "For World Emoji Day, Apple and Google release new emojis: sloth, yawning, diverse couples," 17 July 2019

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