Dogs for disabled

Nobody seems to know when the idea for the blind came first launched. There is evidence that dogs were used in such a capacity for blind people in various cultures for a very long time. However, it is known that there are no formal guide dog program in place until after World War I.

Why were the German shepherds?

Although today we have different breeds are used as guide dogs, at first they were always German Shepherds. The reason was twofold.First, the German Shepherd has a strong sense of loyalty to his owner, so that there is a natural tendency to be protective. After a very protective dog as a companion an obvious advantage for someone else to be easily attacked by less than scrupulous people. Second, were the first guide dogs for the blind and partially sighted people in Germany offered aid to the blind in training for war.

Upon completion of the First World War, the nation Germany was devastatedby financial depression. Many private businesses failed and the Potsdam, Germany school for the training of guide dogs for the blind was one of them.

Guide dogs are in the United States and elsewhere

An American woman named Dorothy Eustis had heard about the German decided to program and it was a very worthwhile endeavor. Because she was a company that is training German Shepherds as working dogs owned it decided they could try to train guide dogs for the blind. She did not wantTop of this right away, but. In fact, she was still taking into account the possibilities if they wrote a story for The Saturday Evening Post about the potential for guide dogs for the blind.

A Nashville man named Morris Frank read the story and decided to write to Ms. Eustis and ask her to train a dog for him. She did so, and Mr. Frank became the first blind person known to use a guide dog in America.

Under an agreement he made with Ms. Eustis, Mr. Frank beganTraining of guide dogs in the United States. The foundation that Mr. Frank has been started, called "The Seeing Eye" and the so-called Seeing Eye dog was effectively born.

Today, guide dogs are trained to assist people with various disabilities. There are hearing ear dogs that assist deaf and other dogs that are physically disabled person. Visually impaired people, and people with other types of disabilities who have benefited from the use of a guide dog, thanks to the whole world, theirThanks to Mr. Morris Frank of Nashville, Tennessee.