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About National Seeing Eye Dog Day

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EVENT NAME:
Seeing Eye Dog Day, Ntl. (1929)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Anniversaries , Animals Fish Insect & Birds
Health
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Begins: Jan 29, 2020
Ends: Jan 29, 2020
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National Seeing Eye Dog Day celebrates seeing eye dogs. This day marks the anniversary of the creation of The Seeing Eye on January 29, 1929, the organization that pioneered seeing eye dogs.

Usually seeing eye dogs are Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers or German Shepherds, since these are some of the most intelligent breeds and capable of complex training. Additionally, these breeds tend to be calm and focused, as well as friendly and loyal.

Dogs have been companions of humans with disabilities since ancient Roman times, and there are records of dogs leading the blind during that era.

The first attempt to train a dog to be the eyes of a human being occurred in Paris in 1780 at the school for the blind.

In 1788 Josef Riesinger, blind himself, successfully trained his Spitz to be his helper in Vienna, Austria.

Guide dogs for the blind didn’t really take off until 1927 when an article was published in the Saturday Evening Post by Dorothy Eustis about her efforts training dogs for the blind. It was relayed to Morris Frank, himself blind. Together Eustis and Frank went to Switzerland and trained the first official seeing eye dog, Buddy. They established a school in Switzerland to train more dogs in 1928. Buddy was introduced to The Seeing Eye in Morristown New Jersey in 1929, and from there, seeing eye dogs grew in popularity and utility.

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