Guiding Eyes grad Arthur Krieck wrote the article below for the New York Times as a Metropolitan Diary item. You can check out the original story here. Dear Diary: I’m a legally blind, native New Yorker, a musician by training and profession. I’ve lived here, gone to school here and worked here all my… Continue reading A Well-Trained Guide Dog
by Guiding Eyes graduate Deni Elliott Theme parks and guide dogs might not seem like a compatible match. But, if you are a guide dog user within a few hours of Orlando, as I am, or within a half-day’s drive of any amusement park, some visitor is sure to make such a place an essential… Continue reading Theme Parks a Walk in the Park for Guide Dogs
12/20 11:25am EST – Happily Ever After, the story of Cecil and Orlando as reported by The NY Daily News. 12/19 7:40pm EST – Notable video clips and news stories: Orlando’s trainer, Jessy DiNapoli, on Good Day New York News12 visits Guiding Eyes Headquarters and Training Center to observe guide dog training. CNN reports on… Continue reading Cecil and Orlando
Dear Guiding Eyes, Thank you for an ordinary day. Yesterday, after breakfast and obedience for Ada, our journey began with Ada locating the bus stop for a trip downtown to Starbucks. Then we took another bus trip to my church to peel apples for pies for the upcoming bazaar. Ada’s manners were impeccable while… Continue reading A Day in the Life: Linda Hunt & Ada
With great sadness, Guiding Eyes for the Blind announces the passing of our colleague, mentor and friend, Lee Nordin. Lee’s career at Guiding Eyes began in 1999. As Director of Canine Development, she was the driving force behind Guiding Eyes’ STEP program, the relationship-based approach to training our puppies. The program has prompted global change… Continue reading Lee Nordin
by graduate Ann Chiappetta Ann Chiappetta is a mom, wife and therapist from New York. She typically travels through life at a high rate of speed, always accompanied by Guiding Eyes dog Verona. This post is an excerpt from Ann’s own blog –http://www.thought-wheel.com/ We set out to get a bite to eat for lunch, an… Continue reading A Day in the Life: Another Dog Guide Adventure
by Volunteer Puppy Raiser Andrew Moore Everyone who works for or volunteers with Guiding Eyes has their own unique story about how they got involved. I consider our story to be a little different than most but, for us, it really was the perfect alignment of disconnected segments that brought my wife, DeAnna, and me… Continue reading How we joined the Guiding Eyes family
by volunteer Nancy Teague I had been a career-crazed Manhattanite. Burned out with my self-obsessed lifestyle, I threw it aside to move to the country, and volunteer my time to a very worthy cause – Guiding Eyes. I began my first puppy raising experience about a year and a half ago. I went through the… Continue reading My Life as a Puppy Raiser
by Guiding Eyes grad Donna Elliott When we received our dogs I was in for a surprise There was this black, male lab And I was struck by his size. He wasn’t what I asked for Or what I thought I wanted When we began to work He didn’t walk, he sauntered. In a two… Continue reading An Unexpected Dream
Watch this brief video of blind men and women and their beloved Guiding Eyes dogs! For nearly 60 years, blind men and women have traveled to our training school from across the U.S. and overseas to receive the life-changing gift of a Guiding Eyes dog — FREE OF CHARGE! Why do our students choose Guiding… Continue reading Get Inspired…
