Comforting new canine companion

Blind Bluff Point Primary School music teacher Pat Molseed’s bond with her new guide dog was recently set in stone.

At a special graduation ceremony held earlier this month, put on by the Association of the Blind WA Guide Dogs WA, Mrs Molseed and her new canine helper Austin imprinted both hand and paw on a clay plaque.

Mrs Molseed is one of only two blind Geraldtonians with guide dogs.

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