[Cagdu] FW: [K9Scoop] USA: a new venture announced for Guiding Eyesfor the Blind

[Juliet Cody]

Tina,
I just want to say thanks for the interesting articles.
JC and M
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  From: tina thomas 
  To: cagdu at nfbcal.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:22 PM
  Subject: [Cagdu] FW: [K9Scoop] USA: a new venture announced for Guiding Eyesfor the Blind


  From: K9Scoop at yahoogroups.com [mailto:K9Scoop at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Mehta
  Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:28 PM
  To: K9Scoop list
  Subject: [K9Scoop] USA: a new venture announced for Guiding Eyes for the Blind


  It looks as though the school is starting some sort of
  puppy raising initiative with this community college. 

  Tuesday
  September 18, 2007

  http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/GuidingEyes-18Sep07.htm

  Covering the Hudson to the Catskills!

  Guiding Eyes for the Blind open school for seeing eye
  dogs in Orange County

  Middletown - Yorktown Heights-based Guiding Eyes for
  the Blind will be opening a dog training school at
  Morrison Hall at the Orange County Community College
  Middletown campus.

  Officials from the internationally renowned non-profit
  agency and county leaders Tuesday announced the
  arrangement, which will see dogs trained for guide
  duty for blind or visually impaired people. The first
  class will begin on October 12.

  Orange County Executive Edward Diana credited college
  President Dr. William Richards for taking the
  opportunity to house the guiding eyes school at the
  college.

  Guiding Eyes breeds 500 puppies per year and puts out
  150 teams of dogs and clients per year. That totals
  about 6,000 Guiding Eyes teams around the world.

  "We will be training volunteers how to socialize and
  train puppies from about four weeks old to about 14
  months old to prepare them to become Guiding Eyes
  dogs," said Director of Outreach Deutsch.

  Recipients of Guiding Eyes dogs pay nothing; funding
  comes from corporate and private contributions.

  HEAR today's news on
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  the Hudson Valley's only Internet radio news report.

  Copyright © 2007 Mid-Hudson News Network, a division
  of Statewide News Network, Inc.

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