Seeing Eye Dogs

All About Seeing Eye Dogs

By: Katie

                Have you ever seen a person holding on to a harness attached to a dog? Those people might be blind. They don’t have any vision and need help getting around. Still wondering why he’s using a dog? The dog that this person is using is called a guide dog, or a seeing eye dog. These dogs are specially trained to help these people find their way around. When these dogs are young puppies they go to special trainers that teach them how to become these dogs. The dogs have to learn certain commands such as “sit”, ”stay”, ”go  forward”, “go backwards”, and many, many more! Once these dogs get a little bit older and learn all there commands and get certified, then it’s time to find a blind person to be their owners. Once a blind person finds a good dog they go out on their first day of work! (The nice thing is that some guide dog schools let the blind people buy the dog for free!) When the dogs are at work, their owners are depending on them to keep them safe, and the dogs know that too! With a little help and some support from a furry companion you can do anything you want with sight or without.