Guiding Eyes for the Blind Archives

Ithaca College students train future guide dogs

By Sarah Payne, Staff Writer • October 11, 2025

Ithaca College’s chapter of Guiding Eyes for the Blind is an organization that allows students to become involved in this process. Those raising the dogs can assist in training and preparing the dogs for the real world.

Salt used on campus to melt ice hurts guiding eye dogs

By Olivia Stanzl, Assistant News Editor • March 2, 2022

Guiding eye dog trainers take issue with the ice-melt used on campus because the salt is composed of sodium chloride, the least pet friendly kind.

Guiding Eyes dogs celebrate Halloween

November 5, 2021

Guiding Eyes for the Blind at Ithaca College held a Halloween parade Oct. 31 outside the library that ended in a puppy playtime in Textor 101.

Formal training for guiding eyes dogs delayed

By Ryan Bieber, Staff Writer • October 6, 2020

Guiding Eyes for the Blind at IC has had its paws full raising dogs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has delayed formal guide dog training.

Furry friends with a future: Meet Guiding Eyes for the Blind

March 21, 2018

Guiding Eyes for the Blind is an international nonprofit organization that connects trained dogs with people who are blind or visually impaired. The organization was founded in 1954 and has since connected...

Editorial: Let seeing-eye dogs be trained in peace

April 12, 2017

What students must recognize is that seeing-eye dogs are not just animals that exist to fulfill their love of furry creatures.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind handlers form bonds with dogs

By Colin Barrett, Staff Writer • April 11, 2017

Sophomore Jack Ficcardi grips the leash of Aura, his yellow labrador retriever, with a tight hold. She looks up to him and sits down at his request.

IC student trains guide dogs to give sight to the blind

By Madeline Veneziano, Staff Writer • November 28, 2016

In a large, gated field behind Emerson Hall, labrador retrievers Eden and Aura enjoy some playtime by running through the grass — a short break from training by students like junior Melissa Potter. Potter,...