Guide dogs

This black lab puppy is 5 months old. He'll be with his foster hoomans for 15 months. They've fostered prior guide dogs.

This is an 'elder' guide dog at an ALOUD presentation at the Los Angeles Central Library. Meowmuh went with our auntie, Laurel. The presenter was Stephen Kuusisto, also known as the Blind Poet. He discussed passages in his book about the limits on his life prior to deciding to apply for a guide dog. Of compelling interest was the saga of his sojourn in & through Guide Dog School.

Yes, this book is about a DOG, not a cat. We all know most dogs are 'OK' but this dog, Corky, was special.  He was Stephen Kuusisto's first guide dog. We thought we knew about guide dogs, right? We didn't know about the time & training it takes to graduate from Guide Dog School. Some don't make it. If they do, they're matched with a blind hooman.