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

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Anybody know anything about the other guy? I'm curious. What do we know of him and what can we learn.


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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Margo and Arrow
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:33 PM
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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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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.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
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>
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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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>>> 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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