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Guide Dogs campaign urges businesses to make dining out more accessible • Feb. 22, 2025, 9:08 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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Also Known As hearing dog • service dog • Seeing Eye dog

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Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
American dog breeder and trainer

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Bulldog; dog
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Shiba inu. A young Shiba inu dog called an Ebi a spitz breed dog from Japan. Similar in appearance to the Akita dog. Canine, Purebred
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Dog playing and chasing ball. (pet; canine; domestic animal)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Bernese mountain dog laying on grass.
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