Show FRENCH TRAIN DOGS AS GUIDES fOR BLIND By AS Associated Press PLESSIS France May Ia Training lS 18 Training of dogs to head the blind has become an important Institution here where thousands of ot animals will eventually be prepared to lead sightless sightless sight sight- less lesa soldiers The work Is being done under the direction of the military au authorities authorities authorities au- au b by amateurs who ho owned kennels kennels ken ken- nels of at police pollee and hunting dogs dobs before I the tho war var Several hundred poodles are continually continually contin contin- trotting trotting- about the neighborhood I cantin-I and through tho the village e some sarno of them graduates of ot the big training trainIng- schools i leading leading- who no left their sight In tho the trenches or in the battlefield J This real experience puts the finishing touch to the dogs dog's e education The training is divided into two pe periods periods pe- pe I nods during during- the first of which the dog dog- learns what Is called carriage or road behavior abst nance from quarrels and resistance to temptations to playing playing- with other dogs dog's neglect of garbage boxes and butcher hutcher shops Next he Is 13 taught to avoid obstacles and how to pick his way across the street with regard for fOI vehicles Then ho he Is turned over o to a sightless sightless sightless sight sight- less hero of the war and l kept ept under observation for a few tew days to mako make sure that his training is complete The blind man too requires a lit littIe little lit lit- tIe tle training with the dog for he finds find it an entirely different matter to follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low the string after having been heen led ledl l by the arm Guided by a person he abandons himself to his conductor and antI loses all notion of self-reliance self feelIng feeling feel feel- eling el- el ing ing- that ho is dominated by another will vill than his own Consequently ho lie insufficiently develops lops his remaining senses to make up UI for tor the ono one that thatIs Is lackin lacking Lcd Led by a do log dog which must be ordered no matter how efficient his training he develops the senses of oc touch and hearing hearing- with remarkable rapidity through tho the necessity of ot re remaining remaining remaining re- re constantly attentive |