Category: Graduate Teams

Meet Graduate Miranda Graduate Team:  Miranda and Grover  About the Team:  Grover, a female black Lab, is Miranda’s 1st guide dogLocation:   Englewood, ColoradoTraining:  August 2023 On-Campus Miranda has loved dogs her entire  life. Before she became blind, she raised 10 guide dog puppies with her family and thinks it serendipitous to have her own guide dog,… Continue reading Miranda and Grover

Meet Graduate Latif Graduate Team:  Latif and SugarAbout the Team:  Sugar, a female yellow Lab is Latif’s 6th guide dog and 3rd from Guiding EyesLocation: Kalamazoo, MichiganTraining: August 2023 On-Campus Latif left Egypt, the country where he was born, in 1981 in pursuit of higher education in the United States. Together, Latif and his wife… Continue reading Latif and Sugar

Meet Graduate Amy Graduate Team: Amy and FairleeAbout the Team: Fairlee, a female black Lab, is Amy’s 1st guide dogHometown: Lincoln, NebraskaTraining: August 2023 Home Training Amy was born and raised in Norfolk, Nebraska. She spent time in Kansas City and currently resides in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born with Retinitis Pigmentosa and a stigmatism,… Continue reading Amy and Fairlee

Meet Graduate Maria Graduate Team: Maria and ElmerAbout the Team: Elmer, a male black Lab, is Maria’s 4th guide dogLocation: Louisville, KentuckyTraining: August 2023 On-Campus Maria has come to Guiding Eyes to be paired with a guide dog every 10 years, since the summer of 1993. Right on time, she returns for her fourth guide… Continue reading Maria and Elmer

Meet Graduate Tracy Graduate Team:  Tracy and AliceAbout the Team:  Alice, a female black Lab, is Tracy’s 7th Guiding Eyes dogLocation:   West Haven, ConnecticutTraining:  July 2023 Home training Tracy lives in West Haven and works at the VA Medical Center as a Certified Visual Rehab Therapist. She works with veterans who have blindness due to… Continue reading Tracy and Alice

Meet Graduate Larriece Graduate Team:  Larriece and OliverAbout the Team:  Oliver, a male yellow Lab, is Larriece’s 2nd guide dog (her 1st Guiding Eyes dog)Location:  San Rafael, CaliforniaTraining: July 2023 Home Training Larriece describes herself as brave and it is evident in her adventurous lifestyle. She grew up in southern California, and after graduating high school… Continue reading Larriece and Oliver

Meet Graduate Thomas Graduate Team: Thomas and KempAbout the Team: Kemp, a male black Lab, is Thomas’ 2nd Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaTraining: August 2023 On-Campus Thomas was born, raised, and educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he still resides and works. He attended the University of Winnipeg earning a bachelor’s degree with a combined… Continue reading Thomas and Kemp

Meet Graduate Lindsay Graduate Team: Lindsay and EveAbout the Team: Eve, a female black Lab, is Lindsay’s 1st guide dogLocation: Paramount, CaliforniaTraining: July 2023 On-Campus Lindsay is studying to earn her masters and credentials from San Francisco State University in special education, with a concentration in blind and low vision students. While pursuing these dual… Continue reading Lindsay and Eve

Guiding Eyes for the Blind takes great pride in our graduating guide dog teams! We celebrate the journey from puppy to guide dog, and the people involved along the way, yet respect the choice of those graduates not wishing to appear on these pages. We hope you will enjoy learning more about the following Guiding… Continue reading Guide Dog Jake

Guiding Eyes for the Blind takes great pride in our graduating guide dog teams! We celebrate the journey from puppy to guide dog, and the people involved along the way, yet respect the choice of those graduates not wishing to appear on these pages. We hope you will enjoy learning more about the following Guiding… Continue reading Guide Dog Admiral