Blind couple find love after their dogs fall for each other at a guide dog training course

Claire Johnson (50) and Mark Gaffey (52) from Hanford, Stoke-On-Trent, who found love whilst on a Guide Dog training course. A besotted blind couple who are preparing to get married have told how they fell in love -- when their GUIDE DOGS also became an item. Claire Johnson, 50, first fell for fiance Mark Gaffey, 52, when her pet Venice got friendly another pooch called Rodd at Guide Dog Training classes. The two dogs became inseparable and soon their owners, who are both registered blind, soon realised they were head over heels for each other too. After an 11-month whirlwind romance, the couple, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., are preparing to tie the knot -- with their dogs who will be ring-bearers - next March.