Do seeing eye dogs realize that their owners are blind?

Last week, while perusing my usual (i.e., prodigious) range of blindness- and vision-related news, blogs, and links, I discovered a fascinating post on the Psychology Today blog, entitled Professor, Does My Dog Know I'm Blind: Can we know what animals know about what we know? read more

Each guide dog is different though, which is why they have to be matched with their owner. What they do have in common is they want to guide. Still, they are dogs and the fact their owners are blind I don't think crosses their mind. read more

A blind woman learns to use her guide dog in a test environment Guide dogs (also known as service animals, assistance animals or colloquially as seeing eye dogs), are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. read more

A blind woman learns to use her guide dog in a test environment. Guide dogs, (also known as service animals, assistance animals or colloquially as seeing eye dogs), are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. read more