Playful pups evolve into powerful allies at Guide Dogs of the Desert, the region's prominent nonprofit organization that custom trains guide dogs for blind and visually impaired individuals. To be ...

Before getting a guide dog Trudy Sherwood said there were days she did not want to leave the house A partially sighted woman who felt isolated and nervous to venture out says her life was "changed ...

The Seeing Eye, a nonprofit based in New Jersey, relies on volunteers to raise puppies to become future guide dogs for people who are blind. A visit to a New Jersey fair decades ago proved ...

It can be incredibly tempting to want to interact with or ask to pet a guide dog or service dog you see in out and about. However, there is an etiquette when it comes to interacting, or not ...

Scientists at Binghamton University have developed a robot guide dog system that communicates with the visually impaired and provides real-time feedback during travel. Guide dogs are powerful allies, ...

Since the early 1900s, dogs have helped people who are blind or have low vision to navigate their world. Now, in a very 21st century twist, seeing-eye dogs have gone robotic and added a skill that not ...

Stephanie Serra woke up the Saturday before New Jersey’s historic winter storm and knew she had to walk Nessa, a 7-month-old yellow lab, before the snow started. After a brisk two miles, she went to a ...

Guide dogs are powerful allies, leading the visually impaired safely to their destinations, but they can't talk with their owners—until now. Using large language models, a team of researchers at ...