Blind Muslim student uses guide horse instead of dog

A blind Muslim woman has used her three-year savings to pay for a miniature horse to help her get about. Mona Ramouni’s religious parents would not allow her to bring a guide dog into the family house as they consider the animal to be unclean.

So instead, the 28-year-old saved up for three years and bought Cali – a tiny horse who stands at around 2ft 6in and has been trained to help her owner out of vehicles, guide her through crowds as well as standing patiently indoors.

The psychology student found the miniature horse after coming across a website about guide horses in April 2008 and claims since welcoming Cali into her home in Dearborn in Michogan, her life has been transformed.

‘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,' Ms Ramouni said.

‘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.’

Ms Ramouni lost her sight shortly after birth after being born three months premature.

The 28-year-old, who works as a proofreader of Braille textbooks, is one of only five people in the US who currently has a guide horse.


/Metro.co.uk/