A fear of dogs put my freedom at risk

Life Changing

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Jaina Mistry was young she had a very scary encounter with a dog that she thought had given her a lifelong phobia. Her family felt much the same. But years later her freedom would be curtailed in the most basic way as even going out to a café or to the gym became fraught with danger. To help her through this she was encouraged to put all her faith in a dog called Laura.

Jaina is believed to be England’s first blind female fitness instructor and told Jane Garvey about the transformative impact Laura has had on her life.

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Image: Jaina Mistry & Laura the dog Credit: Jaina Mistry

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar.
0:23.2	And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.
0:25.3	I love the clothes.
0:26.3	I love the vibe.
0:27.1	Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it.
0:30.5	You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.3	BBC Sounds.
0:35.6	Music, radio, podcasts.
0:38.0	Hello, and welcome to what I hope is another life-affirming conversation.
0:42.5	Just how much do you value your freedom, your independence to get down to the shops, go around to her friends, pop out to the cinema?
0:50.3	It's probably something that so many of us just take for granted.
0:53.5	But not my guest today.
0:55.7	Her name is Jaina Mystery and she's a personal trainer in Leicester, the city where she grew up with her parents, siblings and the odd pet or two.
1:04.7	I remember my sister loved animals and she was always pestering my parents.
1:09.5	Can we get a rabbit? Can we get a fish? And we did
1:13.5	eventually, she persuaded my parents and we began with some goldfish as you do. And it was fantastic.
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