The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog training school in the United States, was founded in 29 January 1929 by Morris Frank and Dorothy Harrison Eustis. Morris Frank, a young man who had lost his sight in a boxing accident, learned about guide dogs in Switzerland and was inspired to bring the concept to the United States.
Dorothy Eustis, an American dog trainer living in Switzerland, had been training dogs to assist individuals with visual impairments. Morris Frank contacted her, expressing his interest in having a guide dog. Together, they laid the foundation for The Seeing Eye organization. Eustis wrote an article titled "The Seeing Eye" for the Saturday Evening Post in 1927, outlining the potential benefits of guide dogs. This article caught the attention of Frank, who reached out to Eustis, and the two collaborated to establish The Seeing Eye.
The organization was officially founded in 1929, and the first guide dog school in the United States began its operations. Morris Frank's guide dog, Buddy, was one of the first dogs trained by The Seeing Eye. The organization has since played a pivotal role in training and providing guide dogs to individuals with visual impairments, significantly contributing to the development of guide dog programs worldwide.
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