highlighting student and partnership with new guide dog
Meet Graduate Angie Graduate Team: Angela and HavanaAbout the Team: Havana, a female black Lab, is Angela’s 5th guide dog and 1st Guiding EyesLocation: Arcanum, OhioTraining: February 2024 On-Campus Angie is a lifelong resident of Ohio and a mental health therapist. After graduating from public high school, Angie earned an associate degree at Miami University (OH).… Continue reading Angie and Havana
Meet Graduate Tamisue Graduate Team: Tamisue and VidalAbout the team: Vidal, a male, Black & Tan Lab, is Tamisue’s first guide dogLocation: Presque Isle, MaineTraining: January 2024 On-Campus Tamisue and her guide dog Vidal live in Presque Isle, Maine, where Tamisue is retired from a career as a registered nurse. She lives with her husband… Continue reading Tamisue and Vidal
Meet Graduate Laurie Graduate Team: Laurie and FayAbout the Team: Fay, a female black Lab, is Laurie’s 1st Guiding Eyes dogLocation: Cobourg, Ontario, CanadaTraining: January 2024 On-Campus Laurie has been a guide dog handler for over forty years, but Fay is her first guide from Guiding Eyes. She has held multiple part-time jobs in the… Continue reading Laurie and Fay
Meet Graduate Melissa Graduate Team: Melissa and Catalina About the Team: Catalina, a female black Labrador, is Melissa’s first guide dogLocation: Raleigh, North CarolinaTraining: January 2024 On-Campus Melissa graduated from a Kentucky high school, followed by a summer program at the Kentucky School for the Blind. She attended college at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.… Continue reading Melissa and Catalina
Meet Graduate Claire Graduate Team: Claire and VeroAbout the Team: Vero, a male black Lab, is Claire’s first guide dogLocation: Morrisville, VermontTraining: January 2024 On-Campus Claire is a retired medical social worker, after a 35 year career at a local Vermont hospital where she still consults occasionally. She has an undergraduate degree from the University… Continue reading Claire and Vero
Meet Graduate Gail Graduate Team: Gail and JourneyAbout the Team: Journey, a female yellow Lab, is Gail’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Sandy Springs, GeorgiaTraining: January 2024 Home Training Gail is a retired elementary education teacher who views her long career with a delightful sense of humor, sharing that she taught everything, including manners, during those… Continue reading Gail and Journey
Meet Graduate Dazia Graduate Team: Dazia and Casey About the Team: Casey, a male black Lab is Dazia’s first guide dogLocation: Auxvasse, MissouriTraining: November 2023 On-Campus Dazia has hoped to partner with a guide dog since she was a child of 8 years old. She is very happy to have realized that dream with Casey,… Continue reading Dazia and Casey
Meet Graduate Misty Graduate Team: Misty and PennyAbout the Team: Penny is a female Labrador Retriever and Misty’s first Guiding Eyes dogLocation: Southern MontanaTraining: December 2023 On-Campus Misty has bachelor’s degrees in psychology and anthropology. This past year she began working with a nonprofit organization who strives to diminish the homeless population among youths in… Continue reading Misty and Penny
Meet Graduate Rene Graduate Team: Rene and YonderAbout the Team: Yonder, a male black Lab, is Rene’s 2nd guide dogLocation: Taunton, MassachusettsTraining: December 2023 On-Campus Rene is enjoying his retirement, starting each morning by walking a mile with Yonder, then returning home and taking his wife out for lunch. He’s an U.S. Army veteran who… Continue reading Rene and Yonder
Meet Graduate Julie Graduate Team: Julie and FlyerAbout the Team: Flyer, a male black lab, is Julie’s 1st guide dogLocation: Hudson Falls, New YorkTraining: December 2023 On-Campus Julie worked for 22 years as a licensed nurse and was a licensed home daycare provider. Avid motorcyclists, she and her husband have traveled up and down the… Continue reading Julie and Flyer
