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In 1819, Johann Wilhelm Klein, founder of the Institute for the Education of the Blind (Blinden-Erziehungs-Institut) in Vienna, mentioned the concept of the guide dog in his book on educating blind people (Lehrbuch zum Unterricht der Blinden) and described his method for training dogs.
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Guide Dogs for the Blind’s first class consisted of two students, Mr. Lemoyne Cox of Oakland, and Mrs. Marjorie Cosgrove of San Francisco, who were paired with Lady and Vicki, both German Shepherd dogs.
A Nashville man named Morris Frank had heard the story and decided to write to Ms. Eustis and ask her to train a dog for him. She did and Mr. Frank became known as the first blind person to use a guide dog. As part of an arrangement he’d made with Ms. Eustis, Mr. Frank started training guide dogs in the United States.
Aug 29, 2024 · On February 9, 1928, Eustis called Frank and invited him to her dog-training school in Switzerland, Fortunate Fields, to be matched with a guide dog. Frank’s determination shone through as he responded, “Mrs. Eustis, to get my independence back, I’d go to hell.”
Jul 28, 2017 · A Nashville man named Morris Frank had heard the story and decided to write to Ms. Eustis and ask her to train a dog for him. She did and Mr. Frank became known as the first blind person to use a guide dog. As part of an arrangement he’d made with Ms. Eustis, Mr. Frank started training guide dogs in the United States.
Jan 11, 2017 · Morris Frank was the first person to be partnered with a seeing eye dog. He became a passionate activist whose devotion to his canine companion Buddy led to the widespread acceptance of guide dogs throughout America and the world.
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Morris Frank (March 23, 1908 – November 22, 1980) was a co-founder of The Seeing Eye, the first guide-dog school in the United States. He traveled the United States and Canada to promote the use of guide dogs for people who are blind or visually impaired, as well as the right of people with guide dogs to access restaurants, hotels ...
