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Slide saying A video entitled one year, one dog, one family. The music playing is called I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi. The slides are all in guide dog corporate colours of a medium blue with yellow writing.
Slide saying A year in the life of Usher the Guide Dog puppy.
Slide saying Usher was born on the 28th November 2009. He is owned by Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Slide saying He will live with our family until he is ready to go into training. This is his year with us.
Photograph of Usher’s mum Sassy laying down nursing newborn puppies, Usher is one of the black puppies.
Photograph of Sassy in the whelping box with a yellow pup.
Photograph of Usher and Uri his brother laying on a blanket at four days old.
Slide saying Usher in kennels waiting to come to us.
Photograph of Usher at six weeks old in kennels.
Slide saying Usher’s first day at home.
Photograph of Usher being cuddled.
Photograph of Usher curled up asleep on the carpet with my dog Alfie the Spaniel.
Slide saying We even had our own Diary on the main Guide Dogs Website.
Photograph of the online Diary on the Guide Dogs Website.
Slide saying Being carried around the supermarket.
Photograph of Usher at 6 weeks old being carried around the supermarket.
Slide saying First walks on a lead and training begins.
Photograph of Usher aged 6 weeks sitting with a lead on.
Photograph of Usher at home learning how to do the sit command.
Photograph of Usher at home in the kitchen learning how to do the down command.
Photograph of Usher sitting next to the Andrex toilet rolls in the supermarket.
Photograph of a first walk outside, Usher is on his lead walking down a path towards the camera.
Photograph of Usher sitting in his dog basket at home, he is cuddling a brown teddy bear.
Photograph of Usher sitting in his dog basket he has a yellow fleece blanket covering him. Usher is yawning and has his tongue stuck out.
Photograph of Usher with his head stuck in his toybox trying to get the toy at the bottom.
Photograph of Usher laying flat out on the floor fast asleep.
Photograph of Usher laying fast asleep on the floor underneath the table in a coffee shop.
Photograph of puppy, an adult male shoe, a female shoe footprints in the snow.
Photograph of Usher and Alfie the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel on the grass, they are both sitting looking at the camera.
Photograph of Usher sitting looking at the camera.
Photograph of Usher, a head shot taken by a professional photographer.
Photograph of Usher sitting in the middle under an ornate metal pavilion. It is misty and Usher is in shadow.
Slide saying Second Vaccination and check up at the vet. 12 weeks old.
Photograph of Usher sitting on the vets table and the vet is listening to his heartbeat with a stethoscope.
Slide saying Taking our Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Training Classes.
Photograph of Usher at training classes. He is laying on the floor and his puppy walker has her hand down to give him a treat.
Photograph of Usher at training classes, he is sitting looking up at his puppy walker.
Photograph of Usher running towards his puppy walker at training classes.
Photograph of Usher's certificate and rosette from training classes.
Slide saying 4 months.
Photograph of Usher and Alfie spaniel running after each other on a field. They are being followed by the Puppy Walkers youngest son who is aged 10.
Photograph of the Puppy Walkers youngest son running across the field being followed by Usher.
Photograph of Usher looking at the television at the dogs being shown at Crufts. His nose is touching the television screen.
Slide saying 5 months old and growing quickly.
Photograph of Usher at Guide Dog Training classes. He is sitting side on to his puppy walker and looking up at her face.
Slide saying Usher had a weekend away with a Guide Dogs Boarder whilst we moved house.
Photograph of Usher laying in front of an AGA cooker.
Photograph of Usher on a patio looking through an ornamental fence at the lawn and lake beyond.
Slide saying Fundraising at 6 months old.
Photograph of Usher in the centre of town outside a shop his puppy walker is standing next to him with a yellow Guide Dogs collecting tin.
Photograph of Usher sitting in a field looking towards the camera, in the background there is a hot air balloon being inflated.
Photograph of Usher in the field facing the camera, he has his mouth wide open with his tongue hanging out.
Photograph that is divided into two showing Usher against the same statue at 4 months and 7 months.
Slide saying The training now gets a bit harder. Usher was given a blue puppy jacket to wear when he was working. 7 months old.
Photograph of Usher walking at heel down the street with his blue puppy jacket on.
Photograph of Usher and his puppy walker outside an ornate church door.
Photograph of Usher and his puppy walker at the station. There is a train stationary at the platform.
Photograph of Usher with a vet plastic cone on his head after being neutered. There is a pink paw print all over the plastic cone. There is a caption saying Sorry Usher, it had to be done.
Slide saying We had a new addition to the family, Maple, a labrador puppy of our own.
Photograph of Usher laying on the floor playing tuggy with a small toy with Maple.
Photograph of Usher laying on the floor with a rawhide chew in his mouth which Maple is sharing.
Slide saying Usher even came to collect GCSE results. 8 months old.
Photograph of the puppy walkers eldest son sitting outside his high school waiting to get his GCSE results. Usher is sitting between his knees.
Slide saying We decided to enter the Guide Dogs Go Walkies Sponsored Walk. We were in the newspaper. 9 months old.
Photograph of the article in the newspaper entitled Go Walkies for Dog Charity.
Photograph of the start of the Go Walkies event showing the banner advertising the registration point.
Photograph of Usher wearing his puppy training jacket ready for the start of the walk.
Photograph of Usher looking at the camera whilst walking on the sponsored walk with his puppy walker.
Photograph of Usher's certificate and little bone tag for his collar with the Go Walkies logo on it.
Photograph of Usher peeking out from behind the back of the car.
Slide showing a mock up of a newspaper front page with the headline We raised over £300. Ushers photograph is in the middle.
Slide saying We took Usher and Maple for their first visit to a beach. They loved it.
Photograph of Usher and Maple leaping through the waves.
Photograph of Usher standing proudly facing the camera at the beach with a backdrop of large pebbles and rocks.
Photograph of Usher running on the beach with a circular hoop type frisbee over his face with Maple trying to get it from him.
Photograph of Usher and Maple's footprints together on the sand.
Slide saying The final stages of puppy walking. 11 months old.
Photograph of Usher and his puppy walking inside a supermarket down the fruit and vegetable aisle.
Photograph of Usher in the aisle of a supermarket. He is sitting alongside his puppy walker who is choosing something off the shelf.
Photograph of Usher walking up some stone steps with his puppy walker alongside him holding his lead.
Photograph of Usher and his puppy walker sitting in the bus shelter waiting for the bus to arrive to do a training trip.
Photograph of Usher investigating some road signs and hazard barriers near some roadworks with his puppy walker.
Photograph of Usher with his head through the middle of one of the roadwork barriers.
Photograph of Usher and his puppy walker in a church standing in the aisle near the back. They are standing side on to the camera and in shadow. Behind them is a very large stained glass window.
Photograph of Usher. A headshot taken by a professional photographer with a back ground of autumn beech leaves.
Photograph of Usher. A full body shot taken by a professional photographer with a back ground of autumn beech leaves.
Slide saying We have spent the last year loving Usher. It is now time for him to go into Advanced Training.
Slide saying It is the question we are asked the most. How do you give them up.
Slide saying The answer is with tears and smiles. We love him like our own but he has a special job to do.
Photograph of the entrance sign to Guide Dog Training School in Atherton Manchester.
Photograph of the Guide Dog Training School building from a distance.
Photograph of six blue Guide Dogs vans parked one in front of the other in front of the Training School.
Photograph of the inside of one of kennel blocks. The photograph is taken from a viewing gallery from above. It is a large room which has sections divided into kennels. The video zooms in on the dogs that are playing within one of the kennels.
Slide saying For us it is goodbye, for Usher this is just the beginning.
Photograph of Usher fully grown sitting facing the camera but looking into the distance.
Slide showing the Guide Dogs logo of a man walking a dog in harness plus the words Guide Dogs in yellow bold writing.
Slide showing the credits. We love you very much Usher, good luck, kiss. Usher's year was made by Puppy Walker for Guide Dogs Janice Hope. Chief Mischief Maker James Hope, 2nd in Command Mischief Maker William Hope, Special Credit goes to Andy Farmer, www.andyfarmerphotography.co.uk
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