Journalism of Courage
Five 8-week-old Labrador retriever and German shepherd puppies are on a path to greatness - potentially as guide dogs that will transform the lives of people with vision loss and vision impairment.
Moira, a 9 week old Labrador puppy sniffs the camera after dropping her stick during a Guiding Eyes for the Blind foundation class at Talbot Community Center, in Easton, Maryland. This exercise helps a puppy with the "leave it" command. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Brahms, left, and three other Labrador retriever puppies wait with their volunteer "Puppy Raisers" to board a flight at Tipton Airport in Fort Meade, Maryland. The puppies have completed this stage of the Guiding Eyes for the Blind program and must leave their "Puppy Raisers," and journey back to the Guiding Eyes headquarters for formal training to become guide dogs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
It will require the expertise of the volunteer Puppy Raisers here to transform the excitable, wiggly youngsters into well-trained, well-mannered and well-socialised dogs. Grand, left, is awarded the Guiding Eyes Puppy Olympics 2022 gold medal and Kenji is awarded silver at the end of their Guiding Eyes for the Blind foundation class at Talbot Community Center, in Easton, Maryland. This game helps puppies become comfortable having something placed over their heads. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Moira, an 8 week old Labrador puppy, gives lots of puppy kisses to her Guiding Eyes for the Blind volunteer "Puppy Raiser" Debbie Roschli, at they meet on the tarmac moments after Moira arrived at Tipton Airport in Fort Meade. Roschli will raise Moira for a year as part of the Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy program that provides guide dogs to people with vision loss and vision impairment at no cost to the recipient. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Denali, a young Labrador retriever, waits with volunteer puppy raiser Carolyn Schaefer to board a Pilots to the Rescue flight at Tipton Airport in Fort Meade. Delani has completed this stage of the Guiding Eyes for the Blind program and must leave Schaefer his "Puppy Raiser" and journey back to the Guiding Eyes headquarters for formal training to become a guide dog. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Kenji, a 13-week-old German Shepard puppy, looks up at puppy raiser Cindy Tait after she dressed him in rain boots during a Guiding Eyes for the Blind foundation class at Talbot Community Center, in Easton, Maryland. This exercise helps a puppy get comfortable being handled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Guiding Eyes for the Blind volunteer "Puppy Raiser" Debbie Roschli, plays with Moira, an 8 week old Labrador puppy, on the tarmac at Tipton Airport in Fort Meade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Queenie, an eight week old Labrador puppy, yawns in a warm sweater before the start of her Guiding Eyes for the Blind foundation class with volunteer puppy raiser Debbie Dugan at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, in Bowie, Maryland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Pierre, an 8-week-old German Shepard puppy, sleeps soundly after the flight and tarmac greet with his volunteer Puppy Raiser at Tipton Airport in Fort Meade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A Guiding Eyes for the Blind tag Hans from Becket's, a young German Shepard, collar during a Guiding Eyes for the Blind big puppy class at Talbot Community Center, in Easton, Maryland. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
