The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-02

several weeks ago, and during the
fall sale of the Minneapolis Society
for the Blind at Donaldson's was
there during the noon hour with
Rim, and many people made spec
ial point Of getting there at that
time so as to see the dog"
Background-"The Seeing Eye
was founded in the u. S. by Mrs.
Harrison Eustis in 1929. Previous to
that time she had seen what was
being done in Europe with guide
dogs. A young man by the name of
Morris Frank Che spoke over Calva-
cade of America two weeks ago.
read an article written by Mrs.
Eustis about the guide dogs. He
went to Europe and trained with
the dog there. He came back to the
U. S. with a great responsibility, for
if the dog could act as a guide
through the swift and complex Am
erican traffic, training school
would be started in this country.
Buddy" was successful, and be-
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training school at Morristown, New
Jersey, today. The Seeing Eye was
rapidly recognized by leading work
ers for the blind and the importan-
ce Of it's work demanded an Or
ganization which would insure it's
permanence. It Is supported by
subscriptions by members who sub
scribe annually"
There's a Difference-Many of
you may have trained dogs, but
these dogs are educated. And there
is difference, Joe points out: 1.-THE
dogs selected for guides are usual
ly German Shepherds These dogs
are then educated. The dogs are net
spoken of as trained dogs" for a
trained dog obeys all orders. An-ed-
ucated dog is trained to obey all
right, but they are also trained to
disobey if the order received will
lead the master into danger. It
takes three months to educate the
dog, first teaching them obed-
fence, and then the principles of
guiding, and finally, studied dis
obedience. The sighted men who ed
ucate the dogs for three months
and then teach the blind students
how to use them, undergo a four
year course of arduous work and
study before they graduate as quail
flied instructors"
Training-"A class Is made up of
eight students-in my particular
class-one from Washington, Wyo-
ming, Wisconsin, New Jersey and
two from Chicago. At first the in
structors study the students for
two or three days. They wish to
match the dog and master as much
as possible. If a man is slow, he Is
given a slow dog, as fast dog
would confuse him. If man Is fast,
slow dog would irritate the mas
ter We are also given several lee
lures so as to learn how to COM
mand the dog, and on the care of
the dog. After a consultation of in
structors, the dog is selected and
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with a handful of ground meat.
The dog is brought into the room
and then it is up to the student to
get the dog and put him on the
leash. The dogs are very well salts
fled in the kennels and so each stu
dent has to win the affection of his
dog. Most people think that the deg
will go right to it's owner, but that
is not so, as you can see by what i
have just told YOU"
Guiding-Perhaps you have as
sumed that the dog knows where
his master wants to go and pro,
ceeds to guide him there, but Joe
will tell you that: 1.-THE training
consists of learning a differen'
route every other day and Their
walking that route twice daily. The
student has to have a mental pic