More than 70 Labrador Retrievers from the Yorktown Heights-based Guiding Eyes for the Blind took to the sidewalks of Cold Spring on June 21 for a training session. It takes about six months to prepare each dog, said Training Supervisor Shannon Walsh.
Trainers Megan Crowley, Nikki Went, Shannon Walsh, Louise Thompson and Kathryn Poallo (left), who tends to a “distraction dog” that the labs are supposed to ignore. (Photo by Michael Turton)
A row of Guiding Eyes transport vans on Main Street. (Photo by Michael Turton)Lunch break. (Photo by Michele Gedney)
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Michael Turton has been a reporter with The Current since its founding, after working in the same capacity at the Putnam County News & Recorder. Turton spent 20 years as community relations supervisor for the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Ontario before his move in 1998 to Philipstown, where he handled similar duties at Glynwood Farm and The Hastings Center. The Cold Spring resident holds degrees in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo, in education from the University of Windsor and in communication arts from St. Clair College.
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Incredibly devoted trainers doing an incredible service. Cold Spring is lucky that our quaint village streets and stoops meet the mandate for training these wonderful animals.