No one in our
immediate family is blind, but we have been raising a Seeing Eye puppy.
Seeing Eye is the oldest guide dog organization in the world, celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2009.
We applied to raise a Seeing Eye puppy some time ago, but were told not to expect one for several months.
Then a lady who was raising one injured her knee and needed an operation. That meant that she couldn't keep
the dog, so we got Venita on April 15th at nine months of age. She had already learned most of the Seeing
Eye rules. On September 8th, Venita went to the Seeing Eye headquarters in
Morristown, NJ for four months of intensive training. After that she will hopefully pass the test and
become a guide dog. Venita is a smart, delightful and (usually) obedient dog. She would make some blind
person a great companion! We can apply for another puppy. Note the peace symbol on her face!
The photo below shows Venita at 8 weeks. We look forward to receiving our next puppy in a month or two.
I made a website for our Seeing Eye puppy raiser club with many photos of our activities.
You can watch a video of "Venita's
Town Walk" in Morristown on YouTube.
No one in our
immediate family is blind, but we have been raising a Seeing Eye puppy.
Seeing Eye is the oldest guide dog organization in the world, celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2009.
