she was with me when I won my medals,

牠陪著我贏得很多獎牌

when I cross the finish line in the Ironman,

陪著我跨過鐵人三項的終點線

when I start with my girlfriends,

我交女朋友時牠還是忠心的陪著我

when I broke up with them, and so...

我分手時牠也不離不棄

WHEN A GUIDE DOG RETIRES

（導盲犬的退休生活）

ENHAMED LOST HIS SIGHT AT THE AGE OF 8

（恩哈密在8歲時失去雙眼視力）

HE IS A 9-TIME PARALYMPIC MEDALIST, CLIMBED MT.KILIMANJARORAN RAN THE NYC MARATHON.

（他曾經贏得9次殘障奧運獎牌、登過乞力馬扎羅山、跑過紐約馬拉松）

GAYLA WAS HIS LEADER DOG FOR 7 YEARS

（導盲犬蓋拉已經陪他走過了七年的時間）

WHEN ENHAMED HAD TO RETIRE GAYLA

（當恩哈密決定讓蓋拉退休時）

HE GOT A LEADER DOG, ADELE

（他也同時得到一隻叫愛黛兒的導盲犬）

It was my second Olympic Games when I won four gold medals, I give a lecture for kids

我在人生第二次參加殘障奧運時贏得了4面獎牌，我也因此為孩子們演講

and one of them asked me, would you give up your medals to see again?

那時候有個孩子問我，我會不會用獎牌去交換重見光明的機會？

I realised in that moment that blindness wasn't an issue.

當下我才明白，喪失視力並不是禍害

I did what I've done in my life because I'm blind, and that was a gift.

我之所以有今天的成就全都是因為我失去了視力，所以我理當將它視為一個福氣

The day I realised Gayla has to retire, that day was very hard for me,

我發現蓋拉不再適合工作時，真的很難受

I mean, I remember it was Sunday and I woke up in the morning,

我記得那是個禮拜天早晨，我起床準備出門

I called her to hurry because she needs to go out,

我呼喚蓋拉出門散步

every dog loves that moment in the morning,

每隻狗都最愛出門的那一刻

they want to go out, they need it.

牠們喜歡出門散步，牠們也需要這樣的運動

And I started calling her, I said, "Gayla, come! Gayla let's go!"

我叫牠一起出門，我喊著：「蓋拉，走囉！」

And she didn't move, and that moment I realised she can't do it anymore.

但牠一動也不動，而就在那時候我發現牠也到了退休的時間了

When someone retires, they're happy the first day because you don't have to work,

大家退休的第一天應該都覺得很開心，終於從工作中解脫了

but after a while, they feel like they don't have a purpose in their lives.

但過了一段時間，人們會覺得生活失去意義

So they feel lost.

人們會開始迷失

And Gayla experienced the same thing.

蓋拉也一定是這麼想的

It's a little bit hard for Gayla now because Gayla always wants to help me,

牠不太能適應不工作的生活，因為牠總是想到我的需要

so when we're walking and I'm a little bit lost and I'm trying to find the door,

像是我們在外面迷路，而我找不到我要的那道門

I'm gonna tell Adele, "Adele, find the door! "

我就會叫愛黛兒說：「愛黛兒，找找我要去的門！」

Gayla, she just, walk in front of us, because she knows which door I'm trying to find,

而蓋拉這時就會拖著我們走，因為牠知道我要找的門是哪一道

because she was there before and she has a great memory.

因為牠去過地方的地方牠就會有記憶

So I feel like, Gayla wants to help but at the same time she's so happy because she loves to be with us and she's not working!

我覺得蓋拉一方面想幫忙，一方面又很喜歡跟我們膩在一起而不用工作的生活

Which is great! It's perfect!

這樣的安排真的很棒！

So all the things Gayla has given to me, the best way to give her back is just help her to have a happy live and healthy life.

我只能透過提供牠開心並健康的生活，回報蓋拉為我做的一切

So I'm trying to give her the best food, trying to give her the best bed,

所以我想給牠最好的食物、最好的窩

so she can feel comfortable in her bed.

這樣牠才會過得舒適

And play with her every single day because that's very important for her.

我也會花時間陪牠玩，那對牠來說很重要

Some of the best people I've met in the last 7 years was through Gayla.

我這七年中遇到了很多好人，也都是因為蓋拉

When I was walking, what happened was when I move from one side to another, that pushes people away.

當我走在路上，要從一邊移動到另一邊的時候，人們總是閃得遠遠的

But the dogs, bring people to me. And that's what I love.

但是跟狗狗走在一起時，卻總是能夠吸引人們前來寒暄，我超愛這樣的互動

It took me nine months to decide to retire her, because she's not only my leader dog,

我花了九個月的時間才決定讓蓋拉退休，因為牠不只是一隻導盲犬

she's part of myself.

牠同時也是我的一部份

She shared a lot of moments with me and I know she's gonna have a good life and she's still with me,

牠跟我之間有太多共同的記憶，我知道牠會一直開心地陪著我

but it's not the same.

但是一旦牠退休了，那種感覺還是很不一樣

I wouldn't say Gayla is a senior dog even if she's not working anymore.

我不覺得蓋拉老了，我不會因為牠退休了就這麼想

I don't want to think about her in that way because that means she's in the end.

我不想要這麼悲觀地覺得牠快離開我了

I'd think it's a new beginning for her.

我寧願告訴自己，這是蓋拉的新開始

Without a leader dog?

沒有導盲犬的生活？

Host: Yeah where would you be in your life and in the world?

主持人：對，若是沒有導盲犬，你覺得你的生活會有什麼變化？你會在世界的哪個角落？

Phew...

噢...

Gosh, everything would be different.

天啊，那樣一切都會不一樣了

If I... Wow, that's a good question.

如果我... 這真是個很難回答的好問題

...

狗狗一般來說在7歲時，體內的葡萄糖代謝會開始轉變，這樣的轉變會影響牠們的記憶、學習力、注意力還有做決定的能力