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- Zoom presentations are available for up to one hour.
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Guiding Eyes Materials
Here you’ll find some links to Guiding Eyes Materials, including a printable file of our bookmark, all for use in your classroom or your event.
![This week's Transformation Tuesday features Icarus, a sweet yellow lab. In April, the happy pup completed home training with his handler, Kate. Icarus is Kate's 2nd guide dog from our Specialized Training Program, developed to empower people with vision loss who have additional challenges.
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While training, Icarus impressed Kate with how quickly he caught on to navigating her neighborhood. “I have walking routes around the neighborhood and the second time we returned, he automatically knew where my house was and which driveway was mine. It blew my mind!"
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Kate also highlights how much she enjoyed her time with Andrea Martine, Specialized Training GDMI. "My instructor, Andrea, was wonderful to me. She was very patient and taught me a lot of new things as well as some refreshers, like leash cues and keeping my arm relaxed. She even helped us with the integration of Icarus into a household with two other dogs. We greatly appreciated all her help."
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Icarus was raised by the Yang Family in our @guidingeyes_dominion Region. They sent us this note about their time with Icarus:
"If I had to sum up your journey, I would say 'perseverance'! You were quite the pup, keeping us on our toes. Having three young kids at home we 'persevered' a ton on ignoring stuffed animals and socks and learning good house manners. Perseverance in helping you through your fears of hand dryers and metro gates and all the challenges we have faced together. You paraded through IFT like a champ and persevered through specialized guide training throughout a pandemic. You made it 'Icky', and we are so proud of you and overjoyed!"
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Click the link in our bio to read more.
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Picture Description:
[1] Icarus, a yellow lab, is pictured as an adorable puppy sitting in the grass.
📷: @JosephGruber / @BlueMarblePhotography
[2] Icarus poses for a portrait with Kate in front of a lake at a local park. As Kate smiles, Icarus reaches his head up to give her a kiss.
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