Milford News | 1945-06-28 | Page 3 | Blind Lead Blind; 'Eye' Dog Proves Sightless

Blind Lead Blind; 'Eye' Dog Proves Sightless CORAL GABLES, FLA. The old adage claims that "if two blind men help each other along a road, they both fall into a ditch." The adage, however, takes no consideration con-sideration of a blind man and a blind dog, especially if the dog is a "seeing eye dog" but nevertheless sightless. Joe Yates, courthouse cigar stand operator, and former city councilman, council-man, is part of such a twosome. Yates, who is blind, has for many years been inseparable from a large German police dog named Pedro. Pedro has been trained at "The Seeing Eye Inc.," Morristown, N. J., to act as a guide for Yates. Recently Pedro suffered a heart attack and was given the services of a veterinary. The "Dog Doctor" took one look at Pedro and informed in-formed Yates that Pedro might have been a "Seeing Eye Dog" but nevertheless was sightless and had been so for a long time. Large cataracts cata-racts had grown over both eyes but the dog had such a sharp sense of smell and such fine hearing that he had no trouble in leading his master.