DOG HELPS 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WALK AGAIN

Before her first birthday, Harriet Ringsell was diagnosed with cerebral palsy - a motor impairment caused by brain damage that prevents its many sufferers from walking due to sometimes painful muscle spasms.

Harriet, an only child and now 11, spent most of her childhood in a wheelchair - until Yeppa, a Hungarian wire-haired Vizsla, arrived.



Remarkably the dog, which Harriet lovingly describes as "her best friend", has enabled her to walk.

"I was nervous but getting the award was exciting," says Harriet. "I was really happy but overwhelmed and that's why I was in tears.

"Yeppa got up on my lap to protect me when I started crying."

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