Sentences with phrase «oldest guide dog school»
About 200 graduates of The Seeing Eye, the world's oldest guide dog school for the blind and visually impaired in the United States and Canada, came together last weekend to celebrate the group's 80th anniversary.
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This fact has kept the older guide dog schools separate from the rest of the assistance dog field, and manifests itself in new training providers receiving a cold shoulder from those more well established providers.
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The oldest existing guide - dog school in the world, The Seeing Eye is dedicated to transforming challenges into opportunities.
The Seeing Eye Inc. of Morristown, New Jersey, -LSB-(973) 539-4425; www.seeingeye.org) is one of the oldest training schools for guide dogs.
Once the puppy is old enough, he or she is assessed for entry into our school and begins the formal training to become a guide dog.
It takes a level of maturity, discipline, and commitment not found in young children, to work with a guide dog, which is why the guide dog schools work primarily with older teens and adults.