A blind couple is set to marry after being drawn together by their lovestruck guide dogs.
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50-year-old Claire Johnson and 52-year-old Mark Gaffey, first met during a two-week guide dog training course. Claire's dog Venice struck up a friendship with fellow service dog Rodd, with the pair quickly becoming inseparable. Claire and Mark, brought together by Venice and Rodd's romance, soon became romantically involved themselves and 11 months later the pair have decided to tie the knot.
Gaffey explained to The Telegraph, "During the training our two dogs, Rodd and Venice, seemed to know something we didn't. They were always playing together and nuzzling up together." The pair, from Hanford, got engaged during filming for ITV show 'Me and My Guide Dog, with Claire saying, "I suppose I can never say I will forget the day I got engaged and it wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for our dogs. Rodd and Venice sleep in the same bed and are as much a couple as me and Mark. They will be walking us down the aisle and be ring bearers. This wedding is down to them." daily times monitor.
Source : Daily Times , 5th August 2013
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