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

[Cindy Ray]

Well, Morris Frank and Buddy were the first team trained by Americans and it was a direct descendandcy from the training of WWI Vets in Germany.

Cindy

On Nov 18, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:

> 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
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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" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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