Before a guide dog can help a blind person navigate the world, it has to pass a series of tests, then go through $75,000 worth of training. Zachary Crockett sniffs around.
SOURCES:
Peggy Gibbon, director of canine development at The Seeing Eye.
Charles Pat McKenna, assistant division director of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
RESOURCES:
"Why Seeing Eye Dogs Are So Expensive To Breed and Train," by Abby Tang and Emily Christian (Business Insider, 2024).
"For decades, the blind have used canes to get around. Now a special wristband gives them a ‘sixth sense.'" by Peter Holley (Washington Post, 2017).
"History of Guide Dogs," by The International Guide Dog Federation.
"Facts and Figures" by The International Guide Dog Federation.
EXTRAS:
"Morris Frank," by The International Guide Dog Foundation (Vimeo, 2021).
