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Jun 6, 2017 · Their success inspired Frank and Dorothy Eustis, the American woman who ran the Swiss program, to launch the Seeing Eye, the first guide-dog training school in the United States, in 1929.
Jan 11, 2017 · Eustis responded, asking if Morris would come all the way to her dog-training school in Switzerland to work with a dog. He answered, “Mrs. Eustis, to get my independence back, I’d go to hell.” Morris reached Switzerland in 1928 and was matched with a German Shepherd he named “Buddy.”
Early History. In 1927, a young man named Morris Frank read an article about dogs being trained as guides for blinded veterans of World War I. Frustrated by his own lack of mobility as a blind person, he was inspired to ask for help from the article’s author: Dorothy Harrison Eustis.
On February 9, 1928, Eustis called Frank and asked him if he would come to her dog-training school in Switzerland, called Fortunate Fields, to be paired with a guide dog. Frank replied, "Mrs. Eustis, to get my independence back, I'd go to hell."
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.”
May 1, 2024 · Eustis responded, asking if Morris would come all the way to her dog-training school in Switzerland to work with a dog. He answered, “Mrs. Eustis, to get my independence back, I’d go to hell.” Morris reached Switzerland in 1928 and was matched with a German Shepherd he named “Buddy.”
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Eustis invited Frank to Switzerland, where he spent five weeks learning to work with Buddy, the first of his six dog guides (all named Buddy). [4] A year later, in December 1928, Eustis and Frank launched The Seeing Eye in Frank’s hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.
