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Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean
As a blind Muslim woman, Mona Ramouni has had to make do without a guide dog her whole life. The 28-year-old's strictly religious parents would not allow a dog in the house, considering the animal unclean. But then Miss Ramouni stumbled across a website article about miniature guide horses in April 2008.
'It was something that I never thought about for myself,' she said.
The psychology student used three years of savings from her job at a Braille proofreading company to pay for a horse to be trained to act as her guide.
Since welcoming three-year-old guide horse Cali into her Dearborn, Michigan, home last year, Miss Ramouni has seen her life turned around. Cali measures about 2ft 6in tall and has been taught to stand still indoors. She also helps Miss Ramouni get out of vehicles and move through crowds.
Her proud mistress said: 'She is an awesome little horse. What I really want is to be able to take her places neither of us would have been able to go without each other.
'Before Cali, I had given up. I got to the point where I thought, 'I'm going to get nothing out of my life'. Cali has given me the confidence back I used to have as a kid.'
Born three months premature, Miss Ramouni lost her sight shortly after birth. Among the challenges she had to overcome in order for Cali to stay at her home were getting a permit to place a large shed in her family's garden and to find a farrier to look after the horse's hooves. Her friends warned her it would be a difficult thing to do.
But Miss Ramouni said: 'The more everybody told me "No, don't do it," the more I wanted to do it,' she said. 'I got to a point in my life where I thought... "Why should I settle for something less than I can have?"
'There have been so many obstacles. People said 'You'll never find a vet. You'll never find a farrier." I found them all.'
She added: 'More than even the independence, I found that Cali showed me that there are possibilities.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329398/Blind-woman-buys-guide-H...
Be sure to check out the pictures with the article.
The lady's got some determination and bollox. I wish her well.
I wonder how difficult it is to house train a horse..
so true
So how do her strict parents justify living in the United States????
Great lady good luck to her???
'Mona Ramouni has had to make do without a guide dog her whole life'.
She is 28 and is respected good time by me...but whoever reported this needs shooting. Being 28 is not her whole life at all.
If they had said, 'she got to 28 without this help', that would have made sense!
Hats off to her... Determination and courage...
Good for her :)
it is a nice story and my hat is off to her. I, too, would do anything for my child but the part of the story I wanted to highlight is that she didn't let the "dog" stumbling block stop her.
awwwww..its nice btw =D
anything for your child...
dont understand...
but what if she misses the bus and need to take a cab?
She sure does, hats off to her! The sad part is that parents will put religion above their own flesh and blood. A dog is unclean? If it helped a child of mine to be able to cope better in life - she could have 10 dogs!!! To me, these parents are religious fanatics who don't love their child above everything else. These people make me sick!!!