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

Fri Nov 18 18:24:19 UTC 2011

He was the first to use a guide dog that was trained here!  But like 
anything else, there were probably folks experimenting with them for years! 
After all, they had been using them is some fashion in Europe for a couple 
of hundred years!  Not necessarily threw schools or anything like that but 
as self trained or semitrained dogs that would do a few things and probably 
had commands only specific to them and there owners.  But Morris got famous 
and helped start and basically revolutiionallize the practice.  Sort of like 
using the screen reading programs.  Some folks just thaught it was neat to 
use them.  Next, we found out we needed them and worked on making them 
better and better.  NNow, they are competative and jocky in the companies to 
improve over the other companies!  This is still happening with guide dogs 
hence the number and types of schools out there!  Cheryl, I am finding your 
posts on travel really interesting!  Although I'll never take a dog to any 
of the islands, I may have occassion to take one into Canada!  Thanks!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US


>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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>> 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.
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>> 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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>>>> Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 6:57 AM
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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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