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Teal DipD.O.G
Assistance Dog (and Honorary Professor ...)
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Tel: 020 7040
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Email: P.J.D’Ath@city.ac.uk
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Link
to Penny’s professional home page D.O.B. 12th
October 2002 Link to Penny’s personal
home page
Star sign: Libra Background Teal graduated from the School
for Assistance Dogs, Dogs for
the Disabled, Banbury on 17th Nov 2004
earning himself a blue jacket. His
pre-registration period was completed at Named towards the cooler end of the visible spectrum, Teal absorbs
light maximally at 460nm. His areas of
expertise are in fetching and carrying (in particular, Teal’s current
specialist interest is in retrieving students). In his spare time, Teal enjoys sleeping,
eating, chasing foxes (only in his dreams though since hunting with hounds
was outlawed in February 2005) and tennis balls though seldom manages to
remember to bring either trophy back.
He also enjoys long walks, socialising and hunting for squirrels in
the park.
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Teaching Teal assists in the following
modules: ·
01 Clinical Skills ·
02 Clinical Skills §
Investigative techniques §
Routine ·
03 Paediatric Clinic ·
03 Refraction Clinic ·
03 Final Year Project and Dissertation Supervisor ·
Selected workshops for
the taught NON-EEA course §
Contact Lenses §
Routine ·
Selected workshops for
the taught MSc course §
Glaucoma module §
Diabetes module ·
Selected workshops for
open days in Optometry §
Slit lamp §
Ophthalmoscopy §
Stereopsis testing §
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Clinical Work
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Teal assists in the Paediatric Clinic
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Research Interests Teal’s areas of
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Fetching ·
Carrying ·
Collecting the post ·
Emptying the washing machine ·
Oh, and … sleeping! |
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Selected Publications Give That Dog A Bone Teal Bonehead |
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Prizes
On 5th
December 2006, Teal was awarded the ‘most popular member of
staff’ award at the recent student prizegiving
in the Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre.
Portraits
The
following pictures have been hand-painted by Sadia Chaudhry (Optometry
graduate, 2006).
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Portrait Teal
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Professional
Teal
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Chilled Teal
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Portraits
The following picture was drawn by Zara,
aged 8 (March 2010).
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Photographs
– 17 Sept 2009
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Teal’s new stabilizing harness
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Photographs
– 24 July 2008
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Photographs
– June 2007
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Who nose what
I nose ...?
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Photographs
– Elie, Easter 2006
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Photographs
Teal
currently featured in the online gallery for the Transport for London ‘Year of the Dog’
exhibition. This photo was also a finalist in last year’s The Kennel
Club Dog Photographer of the Year 2005 competition.
Transport for
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Other
photographs
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Other
information
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Dogs for
the Disabled is a non government funded organisation. Each dog
costs around £25,000 to train. There are currently approximately 150 partnerships in the
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Fundraising
OpSoc –
September, 2009
On 18th
September 2009, Niral Charadva, Keval Sejpar and Ajay Shah (Optometry graduates, 2009) of OpSoc at City University, London raised £174.50 for Dogs for the Disabled through their
Valentine’s Day Candygrams and the infamous
Boat Party. Teal says thank you and
wishes them well with their pre-registration year.
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Ajay Shah Keval
Sejpar Niral Charadva
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James
d’Ath – October, 2008
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On the 26th October 2008, my
brother James is took part in the 4 Deserts
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1st
Nov 2008: James has successfully completed the
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Day
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Race details
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Ranking
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1
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Beginning
around the oasis of Farafra, competitors begin
Stage 1 in an area surrounded by white rocks in the heart of the
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70th
5 hrs 32
min 0 secs
45 degrees
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Stage 2
traverses some of the most beautiful rock formations in the
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61st
6 hrs 10
min 3 secs
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Stage 3 is the
beginning of what is called “Hamada” in the Bedouin language or
“flat out” in English. Competitors will be in an area where only
sand is in sight, leading to a dune section known for its harsh and unforgiving
winds. The area resembles a paradise
with no water. The distance is 37.5
kilometers (23.4 miles). The leaders are again expected to complete
the section in three hours while the slower ones will take 12 hours.
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63rd
7 hrs 1
min 3 secs
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4
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With camp
situated in the middle of a dune field, competitors will not find respite
from the sand on Stage 4. Running
through the Qarawin dunes competitors will find
heaven in a small oasis brimming with water.
Ancient roman ruins can be found everywhere, and a mummy is hidden
just to the left of the oasis as a reminder of just how unforgiving the
terrain can be. The total distance is
37 kilometers (23.1 miles) which can be
described as simply “sandy.”
The times are expected to be around
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67th
7 hrs 16 mins 9 secs
40 degrees
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5
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At long last,
competitors who are still in the competition will face the 95 –
100 kilometer (50 – 60 miles) “Stage
5” which takes competitors from the
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69th
20 hrs 22 mins 28 secs
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Stage 6 will
take competitors into the famous Pyramids of Giza, with a short five – ten
kilometer sprint (three – six miles).
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73rd
31 mins 54 secs
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To put it into perspective, James had to
eat 3,000 calories worth of food per day but used up 7,000 caleries with the effort of running in 45 degree heat.
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Click the link
to watch the video:
food at
camp
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Click the
link to watch the video (look out for the silly hat as featured in this photo
and check out what he had to run with):
Stage
two checkpoint one
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James had just run approx 36 miles when this photo was taken.
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“Travis
D. Wilkinson (S. Africa) , James F. D’ath (UK) and Mark Dahl (
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Mon 1st Dec 2008 - James’ fundraising efforts
purchased a male black Labrador puppy [product of one of Dogs for the
Disabled brood bitches,
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Fundraising – December, 2006
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On Tuesday
5th December 2006, the Dept of Optometry, students, friends and
relatives raised £150 for Dogs for
the Disabled at the student prize giving evening in the Oliver Thompson
Lecture Theatre,
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Fundraising
– September, 2005
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On Saturday 24th September 2005, the Bath Street Beauties (Tina
Romanay, Clinic Director; Charlotte McAllister, MSc
Module Co-ordinator and
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Access Rights
As Teal is
a registered assistance dog and, therefore, a member of Assistance Dogs UK,
he has full legal rights to enter restaurants, food shops and other food
premises. In fact, all public places. In addition, he is permitted to travel in
the cabin on aeroplanes, trains, taxis and other forms of public
transport. He is also exempt from any
‘No Dogs’ policies such as those that might exist for parks and
gardens.
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The translation is ‘Friend of the
Human Race’ (Chartered
Institute of Environmental Health)
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Thank you for visiting Teal’s website.
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Last updated: 2nd Nov 2010
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