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Faye is Mrs. Sheneman's 22nd Seeing Eye puppy. She is a yellow Labrador Retriever, born March 5, 2024, at The Seeing Eye. Faye is a Seeing Eye puppy, meaning that after she spends her first 13-14 months learning how to interact with the world through Mrs. Sheneman's guidance, she will return to The Seeing Eye to begin her formal training to become a guide dog. If she passes her physical and her training, she will be matched with a blind or visually-impaired Seeing Eye graduate student. Because she is a service dog in training, when wearing her identification Faye is permitted to go places and participate in events that pets may not. She needs to experience lots of kindness and exposure to everyday life to eventually guide a blind student to lead an ordinary life.
Last year's puppy, April, currently is at The Seeing Eye Breeding Station in Chester, NJ. I will let you know when April becomes a mom to her first litter of Seeing Eye puppies! April loved her training with students, faculty, and school buses at White Township School every Friday.