About this episode
Before a guide dog can help a blind person navigate the world, it has to pass a series of tests, then go through $75,000 worth of training. Zachary Crockett sniffs around. SOURCES: Peggy Gibbon, director of canine development at The Seeing Eye. Charles Pat McKenna, assistant division director of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired. RESOURCES: " Why Seeing Eye Dogs Are So Expensive To Breed and Train, " by Abby Tang and Emily Christian (Business Insider, 2024). " For decades, the blind have used canes to get around. Now a special wristband gives them a ‘sixth sense. '" by Peter Holley (Washington Post, 2017). The Seeing Eye. " History of Guide Dogs, " by The International Guide Dog Federation. " Facts and Figures " by The International Guide Dog Federation. EXTRAS: " Morris Frank, " by The International Guide Dog Foundation (Vimeo, 2021). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.