In the early hours of Mother’s Day 2006, PwC’s sponsored puppy, Flack, was born. His mum Kirra’s litter of seven pups is a welcome boost to Guide Dogs Queensland’s family of dogs in training, as there are currently nine people on the waiting list for a guide dog in Queensland alone.
‘Flack’ was the winning entry in a PwC competition to name our first guide dog, and is a reference to inspirational Price Waterhouse & Co partner Edwin Flack, who was an Olympic champion in 1896.
From about 14 weeks of age, Flack will live with puppy raisers who will socialise, train and develop him. At 12 months, he will move back into the Guide Dogs facilities for at least six months of formal training before qualifying to become a guide dog. We will be watching his journey with interest.
Once we have reached our goal of $25,000 to support Flack, we will begin to provide funding to a guide-dog-in-training in NSW. Our ultimate aim is to have PwC Foundation-sponsored guide dogs all over the country.
In other news, our people volunteered with the Guide Dogs in Victoria this year, providing a face-lift for a large kennel area complete with designer paw prints. Another of our teams in Victoria rolled up their sleeves and undertook a large-scale working bee at the Guide Dogs facilities.
