History Lesson 15: The History of Guide Dogs

About this Episode

In this episode of the lABLEd podcast, hosts Lucy, Alice, and Daisy Holder, a disability historian, discuss the history of guide dogs, their training, and the impact they have on visually impaired individuals. They explore the origins of guide dogs, noting that dogs have been guiding visually impaired people since the first century AD, with documented training methods emerging in the 1780s

Sources

Guide horse – Wikipedia

History of Guide Dogs – International Guide Dog Federation

The History Of Guide Dogs | About Us | Guide Dogs

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