The Leader's Dog for the Blind is a guiding dog training school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The company was founded in 1939 by members of the Lions Club, Charles Nutting, Don Schuur and SA Dodge, as the second guiding dog school established in the United States and has paired more than 14,000 dogs with visually impaired worldwide, making it one of the largest organizations type.
Similar to the "eye-catching dog" from The Seeing Eye, Dog's trained dog is called "leader dog."
Leader Dogs is a non-profit organization. All costs, including room and meals, airfare, and the dog itself, are offered free of charge. An applicant, after being admitted into the program, goes to Leader Dogs headquarters and has to spend nineteen to twenty-six days training with his new dog, after which the dog officially belongs to the applicant.
Dog Leaders use breeding programs to supply dogs, most of which consist of Labrador and Golden Retrivers and German Shepherd Dogs. Dogs donated from public and animal shelters, which have the right physical and mental character, are sometimes also accepted. In addition, through partnerships with service and organization of hearing dogs Paws With A Cause, dogs are not suitable for their respective job programs may be "career change" to other programs.
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History
In the summer of 1938, members of the Detroit Lions Club in Uptown gathered to discuss Dr.'s future. Glenn Wheeler, a blind man interested in getting a personal guide dog. They decided to pay all the fees for the man and contact the only school in America at that time for the guide dog, The Seeing Eye. The club was rejected because of the school policy, stating that the individual can not be sponsored by clubs or organizations, but that donations should go to school as a whole, to be used where needed. This is an early setback.
However, members of the Lions Club find individual trainers of dogs, especially those named Glen Staines, who train Doberman Pinchers. He was hired on October 6, 1938 to train as many as four dogs for eight hundred dollars. If the student can not be found, then the agreement will be terminated, and the Lions Club must keep two dogs. They found four students: Dr. Wheeler, Earl Morrey, William Joyce, and Paul Brown. Upon hearing about the cause, Park Avenue Hotel in downtown Detroit offers free accommodation for students learning to handle their dogs. Soon the club needs a name for their installation project. They have dogs, coaches, students, and places to accommodate these students, something they never even imagined.
To find a suitable name, a four-page report is sent to each member of Lions International. More than 500 names are sent back as suggestions. "Lions Leader" was the name chosen, and printed in a newspaper on December 14, 1938. In February 1939, the four Doberman Pinchers were placed with their new owners. The club wanted to extend their help outside the real club, and on April 4, 1939, the "Leadership of the Lion Leaders' Dog" began. To issue a new school from the ground, the actual facilities are needed. A small farm in Rochester Hills, Michigan was elected. On the property is a house, a warehouse, and a small garage, all of which are rented for fifty dollars a month.
The name was changed to "Dog League Leader for the Blind" in 1940, and during the first year eighteen dogs were placed with blind students. Despite many difficulties, the school remains open and greatly helped by the number of blind veterans returning from World War II. The blind ask dogs for their new lives and businesses start hiring the blind, because it is found that many blind people can do normal work. The United States government has finally promised federal funds for all dog-guided schools and these schools are starting to spring up everywhere across the country. To date, Leader Dogs for the Blind has paired more than 14,000 dogs with vision impairment and continues to serve clients around the world.
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See also
- School List Dog Guide
References
2. Gibbs, Margaret. The Leader's Dog for the Blind. Faifax, VA: Denlinger Publisher, 1982.
External links
- The Leader's Dog for the Blind website
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