PBR: Velocity Tour kicks off two nights of bull riding at Portland's Moda Center Top bull riders from the Pacific Northwest and around the globe are competing in the Moda Center this weekend as the ...
YORKTOWN—Guiding Eyes for the Blind is expanding to meet a growing demand for guide dogs. The 71-year-old nonprofit, which provides guide dogs to people with vision loss, plans to build a new wellness ...
Chris Bohmer is raising Oasis, a black lab puppy. He’s the 14th guide dog since 2008 she’s helped train for the organization Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Bohmer, 70, found out about Guiding Eyes — a ...
Guide dogs for low vision and blindness can be beneficial. This may include moving around, avoiding obstacles, and mental health. Share on Pinterest German Adrasti/Getty Images Service dogs for people ...
Winter weather poses challenges for the blind: unshovelled sidewalks thick with snow. Cane-users and guide dogs alike find hardship in the cold. Here’s how you can help.
The Seeing Eye, a nonprofit based in New Jersey, relies on volunteers to raise puppies to become future guide dogs for people who are blind. A visit to a New Jersey fair decades ago proved ...
My guide dog helps me travel the world as a fully blind person. I don't take it for granted, but the hardest part is dealing ...
A blind Florida couple is crediting their guide dogs with leading them to the altar. Mike and Eva Truelock, of Winter Haven, met at Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc. in 2007 after Eva Truelock, 45, ...
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Every month here at ABC7, we feature an "Ally in Action" spotlighting someone who is making a difference in their community. In honor of Disability Pride Month in July, we met a ...
Pets such as dogs, cats and even miniature horses can offer humans much more than companionship. Trained therapy animals and guide dogs can provide essential assistance and support that other forms of ...
Guide dog pups spend their first 14 months living with a raiser, who cares for them in their home and teaches basic cues - but there's a shortage after sign-ups dropped during the pandemic ...
Hearts have melted at the moment a woman met her new guide dog, and the sheer joy they immediately had for one another. Jay Walker, 22, a college student from Missouri, told Newsweek she became blind ...