Why Puppies Bred And Trained To Be Seeing Eye Dogs Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[@brianna56ism]

I live in NZ and my husband is lucky to have a guide dog. It has made a huge difference to his independence. Thanks to everyone who raises a pup or trains lease dogs.

[@BusinessInsider]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ericng1386]

You are lucky to be born in NZ and have that accesibility. The blind people in my country using stick and brick when crossing a road.

[@KP-nx8lo]

These animals are a vital part of life for millions, unfortunately health insurance companies won’t pay for any service animals. So many don’t get the assistance they need. Mad respect to these trainers

[@SaschaEderer]

But not these particular ones, right? Seems so expensive.

[@TheWowWowWest]

There's definitely cases of corporate healthcare systems raising prices on medicine and equipment for extreme profit returns. In this case, though, 75,000 is not an easy payment to accommodate for one person, let alone the hundred or thousands that need them. And the 75,000 is clearly being put to full use. Hopefully there's a way to lower that for insurance. Maybe one of the billionaires will take out on as a funding project.

[@LostMySauce]

My wife trained a black lab for guiding eyes in college. He worked his whole life and retired recently at age 8

[@bhsdhmu]

well if it costs 75k a dog, no shit, all the insurance companies would go bankrupt

[@shane864]

Late stage capitalism yall. You are a product and the sell you.

[@AquaMoonMaiden]

This is why I get annoyed by people calling their pets emotional support and acting like they have guide animal rights. I have nothing against emotional support pets, but guide dogs are trained to both help their humans and behave in public, and they have specific legal protections taking that into account. People buying cheap vests and acting like their untrained pets are the same thing is not only insulting to genuine guide dogs, but causes problems to both guide dogs/medical dogs and those who need them. Emotional support pets should require at least “behave in public” training to be entitled to vests and exemptions to ‘no pet’ rules. It’s much cheaper than pure guide dog training and if people need their pets with them that badly they can jump through a hoop or two to make sure they aren’t causing unnecessary problems for others.

[@trevor852]

The amount of fake service pitbulls I see at Costco disgusts me.

[@jasmineredding8859]

At my store as well. I work at a family dollar. I see "emotional support" dogs more than I'd like to and I can always tell those dogs deserve those quotation marks.

[@MashaT22]

Thanks for recognizing this problem. I have a task trained service dog from an organization that’s trained mobility and medical alert dogs for 35 years. Emotional Support Dogs don’t have public access rights of any kind. They are no longer allowed to travel in the cabin on flights. They are only allowed the right to live in housing where pets are not allowed, and to designate a pet as an ESA requires a psychologist or psychiatrist to declare the dog as such. These dogs are essentially pets that make a person feel better by their presence, but they have no specialized training of any kind just like any other pet. Task trained service dogs (ie: mobility, psych dogs, and medical alert), guide, and hearing dogs are trained from 1.5-2.5 years on average depending on the type of job they are being trained to perform. This video does give people a good idea of what it takes to train these dogs, but there is SO much more to it. There are standards that must be met by law regarding temperament, task training, behavior, etc. ADA laws are available to read online and really can help people understand the differences are between service animals, ESA’s and Therapy Dogs (who must pass a specialized basic training course and temperament test in order to be allowed to volunteer at hospitals and nursing homes for patients to interact with). The main factor is that service animals assist a disabled handler and are trained to perform at least two tasks that mitigate the handler’s disability. These dogs are considered medical equipment by law, just like a wheelchair, crutches, or any other assistive device. People in this country take advantage of the honor system built into the ADA where people can trained their own service animals rather than going to an organization. The law believes this makes them more accessible to people for a variety of reasons. The problem is, there is no official service dog license or mandated state/national testing in the US. In other countries like Canada, one must get a service dog from an organization that is accredited by the government to conduct testing and ensure teams are performing to the law’s standards. There is no such thing as owner-trained service animals. Teams in many other countries get a license with legal bearing to present when a store or other public entity wants to verify whether the dog is legally accredited. There are some US organizations that perform their own testing, but it has no legal bearing. My organization has teams take a public access exam before graduating our team training, they make us come back a year later to get tested, and then we get tested every two years unless there is a reason to do it more frequently. We also must provide medical records and a lengthy report about the dog’s training/behavior every six months to the organization. My organization does this all because they are a member of Assistance Dogs International - and they are accountable to ADI’s standards that go above and beyond what the law requires to ensure teams are performing successfully. Several years ago, the US government tried to devise a way that would have enabled ADI to help all non-profit service dog organizations and owner trained dogs get tested, licensing, etc., but ultimately, it would cost a ton of money to make such a program feasible - and the government didn’t want to pay what ADI was asking to make it happen. I don’t think the government understood the sheer magnitude of money it would take to hire enough staff and train them to conduct testing and oversight of more organizations who are not currently ADI members, devise a system to test and monitor owner trained service dogs, etc. So the possibility of getting nationally recognized service dog licenses fell through. Most handlers I know support the idea of licensing because we’ve all encountered pets with vests slapped on who have posed as danger when the fakes have gotten aggressive and injured or scared our dogs. Although we are trained to expect the unexpected at all times and are given tools to help are dogs through sticky situations, there are SD’s who get retired after a bad encounter. I don’t think people selfishly trying to sneak their dogs into public places understand that they are liable to pay for damages their pet may cause to a public place and/or any injuries they cause to people and/or service animals, they are breaking laws for interfering with SD’s, as well as trying to pretend they’re disabled and pretending their dog is an SD. Their dogs also pose health hazards by having accidents in stores and other public places, nosing around food or even eating some of it, not having highly groomed and clean dogs at all times, etc. They should never be barking in public, aggressive in any manner, and they should never be placed in shopping carts. You can usually spot a fake by observing the dog’s behavior as well as the person’s. If you’ve seen a solid team just once and you’re generally familiar with ADA law, it makes spotting fakes much easier. Sigh, it’s a huge problem. People don’t understand that it puts their own dog and themselves in potentially dangerous and illegal situations, and that it also puts real teams at risk of getting injured. If two service dogs happen to pass each other, they will ignore each other (or immediately return their focus back on the handler with a command) because they are obedient focused on assisting their own handlers. But it’s extremely difficult for even the best trained service dogs to ignore a dog that is barking, growling, and lunging at them, or having a dog that’s trying to sniff and play with them - they will only be able to ignore it so much before they can’t help it (usually because the owner of the pet doesn’t remove their dog from the encounter and thinks it’s cute or that it’s no problem because their baby won’t hurt anyone. Service dogs are not robots and are still dogs under all that training. And those distractions can lead our dogs to miss a command that leads a handler to fall or miss an alert that their handler might be getting an oncoming seizure. Anyway, I know this is long, but I’m hoping some people will read this and think about what they’re doing when they try to slap a vest on their pet to take them everywhere. I also hope our country will establish legal testing and licenses by leveraging ADI’s proven work with its current requirements for its member organizations.

[@lemonfiend108]

As someone who used to raise Seeing Eye Dogs, these people are so friggin selfish. It takes one bad encounter with a fake and ill trained dog to ruin a SED or Guide or other Assistance Dogs for life and it's devastating. ESAs aren't a thing here in Australia and I am grateful for it.

[@orngjce223]

AKC's Canine Good Citizen certification is really not that expensive, and an owner can train their dog to that certification in a few months.

[@cymbidium3]

My daughters both had a first grade teacher who trained dogs for the blind. Every year she had a new dog to train and the dogs always made it in the yearbook. The kids would practice reading to the dog as a prize for good behavior.

[@pinkie24]

this is sooo cute! im sure the kids learn from the dog too

[@sarahrichardson7140]

I love this so much for so many reasons, but mainly because I read to dogs in elementary school and I can not tell you how much it helped my confidence in reading.

[@heliusfengari]

"Intelligent disobedience" is such a great phrase and I'm amazed we can train dogs to do that! I wonder if the dogs really understand that the rail tracks are dangerous or it is just that they are trained to avoid it without understanding the gravity of the situation...

[@JD-ny9qj]

I take the family dog on trains who is nowhere near a guide dog in either brains or training and he wouldn’t let us near the edge either 🤭

[@ZLK132]

This is a trait that dog have on their own, they're individuals and not stupid

[@otaku-chan4888]

Dogs have a tremendously powerful sense of smell, and also pretty good hearing. They can probably tell that the railway tracks sound like they're humming from the trains rushing over them (that we humans can hear if we press our ears to the track metal) but they can definitely smell the railway fumes being concentrated over the tracks, unlike the safer platforms where there are more human and food smells. If dogs have never once encountered anything good about going into places with fumes and vehicles, they'll avoid the train tracks. But yes, in the end dogs don't 'recognize the gravity' of human situations. They ultimately do what they've been taught because they love their human. That's equally sweet!

[@theodoreaguglia8902]

War dogs do the same thing, only with ambushes and tripwires and shit. its incredible

[@somethinginthepines]

I assume these dogs are given a modified version of boundary training. The same kind of training used to keep a dog away from a room, or more importantly, to keep your dog from running onto the street.

[@Musicallison]

My childhood dog was in the breeding program for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. He was an extremely patient, intelligent, and lovable dog that helped make my childhood less lonely. This video made me think about how much he had to adapt to our family. He really was the best boy and I think about him all the time.

[@BusinessInsider]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Musicallison]

@@BusinessInsider 😄

[@Banyo__]

Just a reminder to not pet a guide dog when she or he is working. A lot of people get upset over that and even confrontational, but this is a dog working to help someone do their daily activities. If you are unsure, always ask and then respect the answer given to you.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

Those people never grow up.

[@md-vq8sp]

The only time I've touched a dog without permission was when i walked into guide dog bc it was so well behaved i didn't notice it

[@TikiHi77]

I usually end up saying out loud "I want to pet that dog, but I know it's working, so I can't and that's ok." I'm getting better at saying it in my head and just smile.

[@AssistanceDogEducation]

I have an assistance dog (not a guide dog, she's trained for autism and ptsd and will be additionally trained for diabetic alert and some guide work cuz when I have a hypo sometimes I go completely blind, all I can see is darkness with flashes of light, can't see a single thing in front of me) it says do not pet on her collar, 3 patches om her vest and a patch tab....no way people miss that many do not pet so 🤬

[@TTOS69]

What I noticed when they're training the pups is they try not to make a ton of eye contact, bc in their new rest of their life, they won't get that pleasure. Very smart pups! Amazing we can help steer them this far to be this helpful!

[@otaku-chan4888]

the bigger reason for no eye contact is because _the future handlers have poor eyesight and won't be able to make the same eye contact._ If dogs learn early that eye contact is how they receive cues, it can be hard to unlearn.

[@daviddinh6341]

@@otaku-chan4888 that exactly what he or she mean, you are right but just repeat the same thing

[@singlesightart]

I’m on my 3rd Seeing Eye dog from The Seeing Eye, a female German Shepherd. I got my first in 2004, and they are so wonderful and have accompanied me through college, a solo move across the country for work, my marriage, and my career with the government. Wouldn’t have it any other way.

[@aff77141]

"Can't you read the sign? Keep off the grass!" 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@Twiddle_things]

They aren't just good boys, they're excellent boys ❤

[@raraavis7782]

The very best 💕

[@FruityTootyPlayz]

And girls!❤

[@alhypo]

I'm a 42-year-old man and watching this made me cry. The trainers, scientists, and volunteers working with these dogs are amazing people.

[@thewallsarebreathing2509]

My dad worked at Guide Dogs Of America in the early 2010s and i was around 5-7 and he would take us to work with him sometimes and they would have these AMAZING doggy graduations where there were obstacles like bubbles, a couple of people walking on the path, and food scattered around (they were still puppies), but all guided by the visually impaired. Such an amazing memory

[@John_Kennedy27]

The dogs were guided by the visually impaired???

[@thewallsarebreathing2509]

@@John_Kennedy27 yes. with many trainers nearby

[@John_Kennedy27]

@@thewallsarebreathing2509 How are the visually empaired people the ones guiding the guide dogs? Surely that defeats the purpose

[@orngjce223]

​@@John_Kennedy27Visually impaired people are not always 100% blind; they might able to see large blurry shapes, tell light from dark, and/or have extremely good hearing, touch, and spatial memory.

[@Queltamas]

Reminds me of police dogs who failed for being too friendly.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

They use gooses for prison patrol because of this. Since goose are highly territorial and full hatred trainşbg them is a lot easier

[@md-vq8sp]

@@exosproudmamabear558 They used to use guard geese in ancient rome because they are smart enough to tell whats normal but you cant distract them.

[@DeeDeex007o]

@@exosproudmamabear558 🤣🤣🤣

[@lindahamilton800]

When I worked at The Seeing Eye, the fee for the visually impaired client was $150.00. Granted, that was in the early 80s, but nevertheless, the cost of producing a guide dog is never absorbed by the client needing the dog.

[@willcookmakeup]

These animals are amazing. One of my friends who has a guide dog showed me how well trained they are and how she won't let her go into the street or anywhere dangerous. It was just incredible to watch

[@nahor88]

Waiting for the day when someone manages to train a seeing-eye cat. Would have to be some kind of cat, and some kind of trainer. I'm happy I managed to get my gf's cat to sit on command, lol.

[@Nagvanshieus]

​@@nahor88 dogs are predictable but cats aren't

[@mobstercrow7515]

@@nahor88 Guide dogs have to be a certain height and weight, it would be dangerous and potentially deadly for a cat to do this. A cat wouldn't be able to steer their handler away from obstacles. I believe a certain state allows service cats, but I've only seen one of them on youtube and the kitty was very well trained. There are multiple types of service animals, the kitty was a psychiatric service cat I believe. They have mobility service animals for people with arthritis, fibromyalgia and other things, medical alert service animals for allergies, diabetes, people with POTS or seizures and a lot of other things and they are trained to alert before something happens, guide dogs, hearing dogs for deaf people, psychiatric dogs for people with PTSD, autism, ADHD, depression, suicidal ideation, and much more. The possibilities are endless for service dogs, they can be trained to do all sorts of things. Some dogs pick up dropped items, grab shoes or a cane, help their handler untie their shoes and take them off, remind their handler to take their medication, fetch medication, turn their handler on their side during a seizure so they don't choke if they vomit, guide them to an exit, press buttons to open doors, and many many more. I have had 2 owner trained service dogs and I am getting my next prospect soon. I have a LOT of mental issues and health issues. My dogs were mostly trained for my PTSD, asthma, dizziness due to being anemic and having liver issues, fibromyalgia, autism, anxiety, and more. Before I have a PTSD episode, my dogs would alert me and force me to sit down and hug them while they laid on my lap. If I had nightmares, they would wake me up. If I started to zone out, they would slap me to snap me out of it. If I breathed heavily, they would jump on me so I would sit down. A few minutes before I got dizzy, they would alert so I can sit down safely. If I was feeling dizzy and wobbly that day, I would hold on to my 2nd service dogs counterbalance handle and he would walk slightly ahead of me and pull gently so I wouldn't fall. If people got too close to me, they would stand between me and the other person. My first service dog had a medical emergency and had to be euthanized last year, she worked until she was 8, she was a chihuahua pitbull mix. I had to force her to retire because she developed arthritis, we started giving her joint supplements and it helped her though, but I didn't want her to work, for her own health and safety. She was 12.5 before she had the emergency. My 2nd service dog will be retiring soon and he is a rhodesian ridgeback greyhound and pitbull mix. He will be turning 6 this year. It takes about 1-2 years to train a service dog for what I need, which is why I'm getting my prospect soon so I will have a service dog as soon as he retires. I'm getting another pitbull mix because they are the best dog breed ever. All of my pets have been adopted and they have all been fantastic. Pitbulls are by far the BEST dog breed to adopt, they are very loyal, gentle, happy, sweet, smart, easy to train, slobbery love bug doggies. They love cuddling too! I've met hundreds of rescued pitbulls, even the ones that have been chained up and abused still trust human, and they are so damn sweet. I don't know how anyone could hurt such an amazing dog breed, they are like giant babies! I love them so much.

[@Number1laing]

I lived in Morristown for many years and saw these wonderful dogs being trained on a daily basis. The work that Seeing Eye does is incredible and these dogs are amazing.

[@michelebella677]

I’ve lived in Morristown for most of my life. I love watching how much care they take to train these good boys(and girls.)

[@solarmoth4628]

I knew someone who lived a few streets down from me whose family would help train the dogs. The dogs were all so intelligent.

[@Militantaoist]

Mad respect to the trainers and all of these incredible animals that perhaps cant fathom the impact they have on individual lives, even the ones who don't make it to be a seeing eye dog. They are all invaluable.

[@scramblerbricks7293]

The people who need these companions are going to love watching this video

[@Iamthegaurav]

its night time here but this comment is darker!

[@bigdingnick9622]

This is why I come to these videos! Thank you!

[@yayayayya4731]

yeah one can really see the effort put into training these dogs

[@CrankyPantss]

They’ll have to rely on blind faith, see?

[@DJChappie001]

I was going to say your comment was rude but its not like they will see it anyways.

[@zanezelca493]

We were host family for puppy @VuDouDog, he failed tests and now is our pet😊❤

[@Ambrosha385]

ohmigosh!! how wonderful :)

[@cubbies-gh4te]

I live near where the dogs are bred and trained in New Jersey. There's a statue of the founder of The Seeing Eye in the center of Morristown, NJ. It's very realistic and a little weird to look at.

[@KGisthename]

Why?

[@Skanda1111]

Truly a man's best friend.

[@chiaradamore-klaiman8692]

It’s always good to learn more about talented people using their skills for the betterment of others’ lives.

[@mobstercrow7515]

Talented dogs*

[@mindshelfpro]

What a wonderful service. Kudos to the dogs and all the people involved. Please get them more sponsors

[@mitzrr]

this is the first time i heard about a program like this and i really think this is awesome! mad respect to everyone in the organization and good job raising these life saving life changing doggos!

[@danielweiner7251]

Iam totally blind and do live and work with a guide dog, and I love dogs immensely and am crazy about my own guide dog. I am very happy that there are good people who train guide dogs and that I have one, not from the Seeing Eye though but from another US program, I wish everyone and their dogs all the best.

[@MT-fl1eb]

Wow I didn't realize how much work went into guide dogs, great video, very informative

[@velatag]

I would just feel so nice and satisfied at the puppies play room , must be the most adorable feeling ever 💯💯

[@camdenmacleod16]

"Can you read the sign, it says keep of the grass" 😂

[@AssistanceDogEducation]

lol yeh that made me chuckle

[@rhyothemisprinceps1617]

It's a terrible shame that the *Dog Aging Project lost its NIA (National Institute of Aging) funding* . Finding ways to extend the healthspans and lifespans of dogs is a worthy - and achievable - goal. Imagine if the working life of a guide dog could be extended by 20% or more.

[@lc285]

Thank you for this wonderful story shedding light to this wonderful organization service for the blind. I was amazed to learn the genetic engineering entailed in breeding such smart, and beautiful companion guide dogs. Glad I tuned in.

[@WujiKami]

It's incridible the amount of work that goes into the guide dogs. Amazing video, warms the heart.

[@wwondertwin]

My mom volunteers to raise the puppies at home. It's always fun when they are let loose in a group after being on their best behaviour! They really let loose lol. Then they snap back to guiding mode as quick as they go crazy when loose.

[@Riste.R]

Big respect for the trainers and these sweet pups and all the people who work in that.

[@GemmaSpinney]

Thank you for this wonderful story shedding light to this wonderful organization service for the blind. I was amazed to learn the genetic engineering entailed in breeding such smart, and beautiful companion guide dogs. Glad I tuned in.

[@BobSmith-rf3ph]

Here in the UK a lot of the work is done by trainers in the community with guide dogs & I was fortunate enough to get to see some of that training up close as one of the trainers was a fairly regular visitor to my workplace at the time, a fairly busy (and not too quiet!) music shop. They specifically brought the pups in during training as we'd often have multiple sources of distractions going on (in-store music, videos being played around the movies department, speakers being tested) which they explained was great as it showed them how a candidate would handle all that & how they learned (or didn't!) to adapt to it.

[@Indigo_Ivy]

cute puppies and guide dogs are invaluable tools for independence (i say that as a service dog user myself), but i wish some of these puppy raisers were taught some basic positive reinforcement and management techniques 🫠 dogs only misbehave when in situations they are not ready for, and preventing the behaviour in the first place means the dog is a lot easier to live with and train. places like guide dogs uk have such comparably high success rates (lower career change rates) because of this!

[@KScott-c4l]

These dogs are worth their weight in gold! 🥇 The service 🐕‍🦺 and freedom they give their people is undeniably life changing!!! ❤❤❤

[@randielurbay9221]

I love the entirety of this video and the program

[@uziel900able]

Its always facinated me because it looks simple, but for someone to walk next to a dog and get from A to B miltiolle times a day. That actually sounds impressive.

[@y0yGotHam]

this is all lovely....but I just died from cuteness. goldens and labradors are just amazing creatures

[@henaimtiyaz4189]

Saw a series on guide dogs and loved it ❤

[@MjrGeneralGhost]

Extreme respect to all who works on this program. ❤️

[@erichV7566]

More intelligent than a human at that age, interesting, they learn so quickly

[@dianevanweelie5233]

CCI - Canine Companions for Independence. Charles M. Schulz was a big supporter of this group. I thought it was a great way for Snoopy to help people.

[@bluntmuffin1729]

We raised puppies for the local guide dog school for quite a few years when I was a child. One of them was denies for medical reasons and given to us as a family pet. Best dog we ever had.

[@Dylan_Otto]

my utmost respect to the emotional strength to the foster parents who take care of these genetically perfected angels fully knowing they'll have to say goodbye to them in 2 years or so, and then repeat that whole process still, for the greater good

[@xj6jj]

Morristown, NJ, to the world here. Another great part of our community.

[@TheVivienne1990]

I honestly have so much respect for those guide dogs ❤️

[@alexmoreno8156]

Fantastic story. The Seeing Eye is certainly doing those with visual disabilities a service.

[@Dancingontgesun1942]

Thank you to the Pup heroes and the team that trains them.

[@mokomdane4297]

Great work being done by the Seeing Eye. I will definitely keep you guys in mind.

[@EugeniaLucy]

I think I saw a black Labrador puppy the other day at montgomeryville Costco who is in this program.

[@kathygradl2336]

My late husband and a friend of mine got their Guides from Guiding Eyes for the Blind. These dogs have so much personality, and intelligence that they become family. As to puppies who fail; some end up working in arson, bomb detection, search & rescue, or service dogs for the wheelchair bound.

[@Ambrosha385]

oh my gosh this is the best thing ever! more please

[@195marth]

Learning the cost of owning a pet in the US I sure am glad that I wasn't an American!! I spent around ₹2000 a month for my dog which is around $24USD ARV is practically free in Govt Vet Hospital, and around ₹200 ($2.4) in private Vet Combined vaccine around $2.4 in subsidy and $8 in private I only feed my dog fresh food + multivitamin supplements I think it would cost me around $5000 overall for an average lifespan.

[@dm2060]

The average pet owner in the US also makes more money than the average pet owner in India.

[@michelebella677]

I live in Morristown, NJ. Home of the Seeing Eye dogs. The whole town is sort of set up to help train these dogs. You’ll typically see them being trained all around the town. Even the traffic lights are set up with beeping noises for the blind to know when the lights have changed. It’s so interesting to see the process of training these work dogs. My ideal job would be a seeing eye puppy trainer.

[@AssistanceDogEducation]

lots of places having beeping at the crossings. I actually get pissed off at the ones that don't beep cuz I want my dog to know to cross when the beeping starts

[@romanlee8287]

Loved that Netflix show "Pick of the Litter". Such good boys and girls.

[@CHAELISASURVIVEDTHECOLDWAR]

why is this video so endearing omg 😭

[@Animal-yb1rr]

nice dog he like to walk

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

Selecting for the health of the dog is really interesting. How does the longevity of these dogs actually compare to Labradors (or whatever breed they are) in general? I've often wondered what would happen if all the power of selective breeding you see in purebred dogs was concentrated on _just_ health rather than all of the other objectives dog breeders tend to have. This is a bit sci-fi, but I've often wondered if you could breed immortal dogs, given enough generations. The underlying reason animals age and die is that evolution has no real incentive to maximise lifespan - maximising surviving offspring is a slightly different 'goal'. If you were to concentrate on altering the biochemical and genetic drivers of aging...especially with a little bit of genetic modification, you could probably see _dramatic_ lifespan improvements.

[@md-vq8sp]

Its hard to breed in immortality due to the fact there are so many factors that cut a dogs life short, like cancer you must make sure the natural defences are robust enough to detect every cancer cell without autoimmune diseases developing. Same idea for infections. There is an immortal dog cell line but its a transmissable form of cancer, so techincally its the worlds smallest and oldest dog.

[@stevehofmaster4292]

Awesome program❤I love this!

[@EokaBeamer69]

"The Puppy Playroom" sounds like the best place on the entire planet.

[@tortillazucchini]

as someone who raised a dog through the seeing eye program, the training we are instructing on is so important but it is so hard to not get attached. My dog ended up failing the program because he had major allergies that someone who is blind that would not be able to truly take care of appropriately, which is why i am very surprised there is genetic testing. granted my dog was born almost 15 years ago so i am sure things have changed in the program since then but i would think something like that would be visible through the genetic testing.

[@Founderschannel123]

In my country its really rare to find guide dogs mostly they prefer a walking stick or cane since its alot better to visualize their surroundings since they can feel every impact of the smallest thing from the cane so no surprise unless the person is like blind and deaf then sure a guide dog but most of the time i see is a cane

[@KaylahDemi]

Mr. Maple went through all this

[@AssistanceDogEducation]

I love Mr maple ❤

[@katherinejacoby5915]

I worked at seeing eye in Morristown... It was an eye-opening experience 😊😂❤

[@FlagCutie]

Great video! For those interested, also check out Molly Burke's series on getting a new seeing eye dog after her previous on Gallup .

[@Janko630]

Its not a blind fold, it's a Mind-Fold™️

[@nancywysemen7196]

wonderful work and what a meaningful human career.

[@shibithecatthing]

I wonder why the cost is so different to what it is in the UK - it costs more for the training in the USA than it does the entirety of a guide dog in the UKs life (~70k USD). I know partially it's due to different costs of items day-to-day and travel distances but it still seems a lot to me.

[@md-vq8sp]

A lot of it might be travel due to the fact most states are bigger than UK. The other obvious difference might be genetic testing as testing like that can easily be 1k to 5k per dog once you include wages and equipment

[@shibithecatthing]

@@md-vq8sp yeah distance is still the only thing I can think of - the genetic testing is the same in the UK, Guide Dogs UK is the biggest breeder of working dogs in the world, so I can't imagine that's much of a difference outside of the base difference of cost between the countries

[@potatochowmein]

My family raised 5 puppies when I was child. We only had 1 of the 5 proceed to being matched - which is a common experience as they noted with the success rate

[@RobertClolery]

Because they are worth it.

[@kimberly25christinesmith72]

Omg I always these guys in morristown! Awesome work they are doing

[@NeyGeneral]

I want one 😩🐕🐕🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 so cute

[@kaylenvee8150]

If I ever get a chance to speak and understand animals, and let them do the same for me, the first thing I'd do is explain to these dogs what they're being trained to do and how amazing they are.

[@PhiLLyPhiLLz]

Simply incredible 😊

[@karthikvel1608]

I have a pet labrador retriever ❤ we call her as little sis and my mom caller her as daughter 🫰 and she give kisses to every one when we come from work daily ❤

[@eduardonieto2355]

That is cool honey of those dogs and the traning. They go through it is amzine. 🌹❤🌹💋💋💋

[@CausticLemons7]

This is so lovely!

[@cedarpoplar]

Beautiful creatures

[@AcademicLenny]

Awesome work!

[@Galaxie7230]

Real selfless work ❤

[@dun0790]

Truly amazing creatures

[@owenswabi]

Amazing animals and trainers

[@shronklescrimblo69]

I wanna cry how much we don't deserve dogs

[@MsDaideyMaingi]

Incredible

[@RosiePosey5150]

I have a bit of envy when it comes to this kind of stuff.Because it would be great if I had a dog who could help me predict seizures. But I can't afford one and my insurance won't cover.I don't even think it's possible Also I kittens and nothing is better than getting new baby kit's and raising them and getting them adopted out. I can't wait to get new kittens.But i'm so happy when they're finally gone.

[@danielweiner7251]

and I don't mean to strike a negative note but please, if you are a Lyft, Uber, or other ride share or cab driver or service provider, remember that a guide dog is not a pet and that not only uber and lyft regs or policy, but the law, yes something no one seems to remember, the laws here in the United States require that you allow a guide dog to be with his owner and that includes ride shares, please do me the favor of not making a blind person's life more of anuisance that it already is, the ride share refuslas for people with guide dogs has gotten to the point of almost epidemic proportions. Please do yourself and the blind community this favor if you do nothing else.

[@gillowens24]

This dogs so cute

[@sygnusadun4832]

Shout out to the kennel crew at Seeing Eye taking care of those rowdy critters.

[@RampartPh]

just a little off angle topic, my labrador retriever was rejected as a service dog bound for singapore ( i think for security prurposes) but because she's easily spooked, she was instead sold to me for practically a song. i think she got the better end of the deal though because she's now eight years old and all she's been doing is eating, playing, and sleeping.

[@Ambrosha385]

love!

[@WakingLife24]

Incredible.

[@johnnybidode]

So beautiful

[@LordPunnet08]

This is so addicting.

[@ozniGarcia]

Amazing documental!

[@tikitoki-gp6rv]

We truly don't deserve dogs. Literally protective angels.

[@krzeszewski]

where can i send my resume?

[@01379]

I know! I'd love to be a puppy raiser✨😃

[@JillDrake-yi6sb]

Probably can't post the link - but search Seeing Eye Puppy Raising program

[@andrewj9831]

In the story they keep saying the first two years the dog is with a host family, but then they show a dog that's 18 months old where they are testing to see if it will disobey.

[@l.mcmanus3983]

Yes, they were not very clear with their explanation. The dog lives with the family but is brought to the center for training, just like going to work 5 days a week sort of idea. The host family provides care, love, and exposure to a variety of situations while reinforcing training and desired behaviours. At 2 when the dog goes back to the center, in is ready to be placed with person.

[@firohot5476]

Majority of blind assistance dogs are retriever breeds labrador golden etc