Garfield County News | 1938-11-03 | Page 7 | Dogs for the Blind

dogs Dog for the fhe blind tho the education for a guide dog involves three separate courses ot af instruction one for the dogs teacher one tor for the dog itself and one for the dogs blind master it takes four years to make an instructor tor the animals selected are nearly all german shepherds females are used almost exclusively because they are less easily distracted tr and must have excellent excelle ht eyesight andwood and good hearing guide dogs start to school at 14 months she is taught to stop at curbs and to lead her teacher around obstructions and to watch that his head does not strike anything