[nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US

[Margo and Arrow]

I still contend Morris Frank was the first person to actually use a guide 
dog because he actually used the dog, but, your point is well taken that 
someone else had a guide dog in this country.

Margo and Arrow
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From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US


> Actually, Morris Frank wasn't the first person to use a guide dog in the 
> US. Theree was, apparently, a Senator who got one from a German trainer in 
> 1926, but it didn't do so well, or something. We never hear about that 
> guy, and I suspect there's a good reason for that.
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> On Nov 18, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Margo and Arrow wrote:
>
>> I saw this on the Dog Park email list.
>>
>> Margo and Arrow
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrill O'Brien" 
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>> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:29 AM
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>>> This is such a well done and poignant video. Those of us who have had 
>>> Seeing
>>> Eye dogs really appreciate Lucas Franck's dedication and professional 
>>> touch
>>> in everything with which he is involved. Margo, was this on the Seeing 
>>> Eye
>>> list, or on their website? Anyway, thanks much for passing it along to 
>>> us.
>>>
>>> Sherrill
>>>
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>>>
>>> the following link has footage taken from The Seeing eye archives and 
>>> shows
>>> Morris Frank, the first person to use a guide dog in this country.  He 
>>> and
>>> Dorothy Harrison eustis founded the Seeing eye in 1929 and the guide dog
>>> movement has moved forward since then and there are many guide dog 
>>> schools
>>> in this country, Canada, and throughout the world.  the person narrating 
>>> the
>>> video is Lukas Franck, a long-time instructor at the seeing Eye.  Lukas
>>> trained my first two guide dogs--Deedee and Wayne.  Lukas also trained 
>>> wayne
>>> and me as a team in 1991.
>>>
>>> Margo and Arrow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/seeing4me?feature=mhee#p/u/0/gwYHXNItSks
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