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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, June 7, 2013 | 12 Lions Foundation graduates its 2,000th team The Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides celebrated its 2,000th graduating team this week. British Columbia's Robert Gill was the 2,000th Canadian flown to the Oakville training centre to be given his seizure response dog guide Naveed. Gill, who experiences life-threatening seizures, learned about the dog guide program online four years ago after experiencing a seizure that put him in a coma for three weeks. "Each time I have a seizure, I need to go to the hospital because they are very intense," Gill said in a press release, describing how having a dog guide is a matter of life or death for him. Gill and Naveed will complete a training program that teaches the pair how to work with each other. The dog guide is trained to detect the onset of Gill's seizures and activate an alert system or bark for help. Naveed is one of six types of dog guides the Lions Foundation trains and provides to Canadians with disabilities at no cost to them -- it costs $25,000 to train each canine aide. "This is a monumental moment in the Lisee Dog on p.19 Interlocking & Concrete Specialists · Pebble Concrete · Stamped Concrete · Flagstone · Walkways · Garage Floors · Patios · Driveways · Curbs (French) Americans are invited to join the American Women's Club of Oakville, a non-profit group, providing fellowship to men and women through a variety of monthly social and service activities. Your Home away from Home Tel: 905.842.7171 Call Mario · sunmarlandscaping.ca The Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides graduated its 2,000th dog guide team -- Robert Gill and his Seizure Response Dog Guide Naveed, an 18-month-old female black Lab. photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @ halton_photog)