highlighting student and partnership with new guide dog
Meet Graduate Ezrick Graduate Team: Ezrick and BrutusAbout the Team: Brutus, a yellow male Lab, is Ezrick’s 1st guide dogHometown: Brooklyn, New YorkGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Marybeth Totaro March On-Campus Training Ezrick is 25 years old and working toward his associate degree in Business Administration at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He lives in Brooklyn… Continue reading Ezrick and Brutus
Meet Graduate Navonne Graduate Team: Navonne and PralineAbout the Team: Praline, a female yellow Lab is Navonne’s 1st guide dogHometown: McDonough, GeorgiaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Alyssa DavidMarch On-Campus Training Navonne is a U.S. Army veteran, who proudly served as an airborne combat medic for 13 years. During her remarkable career, she was deployed five times,… Continue reading Navonne and Praline
Meet Graduate Rene Graduate Team: Rene and NabooAbout the Team: Naboo, a female black Lab, is Rene’s 1st guide dogHometown: Venice, FloridaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Nikki WentzMarch Home Training Rene has completed training with her first guide dog, Naboo. Since retiring, she and her husband recently relocated to Florida from Colorado and enjoy living close… Continue reading Rene and Naboo
Meet Graduate Zed Graduate Team: Zed and VerdellAbout the Team: Verdell, a male yellow Lab, is Zed’s 1st guide dogHometown: Egg Harbor Township, New JerseyGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Louise ThompsonMarch Home Training Zed and his wife Christine reside in a retirement community in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. They met on the campus of Glassboro… Continue reading Zed and Verdell
Meet Graduate Moaz Graduate Team: Moaz and EdwinAbout the Team: Edwin, a male black Lab, is Moaz’s 1st guide dogHometown: Austin, TexasGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Michael Goehring March Home Training Moaz works as a supervisor for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). He is a graduate of the University of Texas Austin… Continue reading Moaz and Edwin
Meet Graduate Angela Graduate Team: Angela and CamAbout the Team: Cam, a female yellow Lab, is Angela’s 1st guide dogHometown: Oakmont, PennsylvaniaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Caryn FellowsMarch On-Campus Training Angela came to Guiding Eyes for her first guide dog. As the mom of two children, 16 and 9, she is kept busy with their activities,… Continue reading Angela and Cam
Meet Graduate Barbara Graduate Team: Barbara and FlandersAbout the Team: Flanders, a male yellow Lab, is Barbara’s 14th guide dog and 1st from Guiding EyesHometown: Cheyenne, WyomingGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Stephanie KoretMarch On-Campus Training Barbara is an experienced guide dog user, having received her first in 1972 and many since, but Flanders is her first Guiding… Continue reading Barbara and Flanders
Meet Graduate Irma Graduate Team: Irma and CaeserAbout the Team: Caeser, a male yellow Lab, is Irma’s 4th Guiding Eyes DogHometown: Penitas, TexasGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: James GardnerFebruary Home Training Irma is a returning Guiding Eyes graduate living in Penitas, Texas. She is retired from her career at a local high school where her focus was… Continue reading Irma and Caeser
Meet Graduate Joseph Graduate Team: Joseph and PabloAbout the Team: Pablo, a male yellow Lab, is Joseph’s 1st Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Raleigh, North CarolinaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Caryn FellowsMarch On-Campus Training Joseph lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is engaged to fiancé Quameisha, a recent Guiding Eyes graduate of the December 2021 residential class. Quameisha,… Continue reading Joseph and Pablo
Meet Graduate Fred Graduate Team: Frederick and LinusAbout the Team: Linus, a male yellow Lab, is Fred’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Great Barrington, MassachusettsGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Kathy Rooney February Home Training Fred recently relocated from Pennsylvania to Great Barrington, Mass. with his wife of 28 years, Heidi, whom he met at a Sixties party… Continue reading Fred and Linus
