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Voice of the Leader Dog Community: Moira Shea – Part 2

Part 2 of 3 Harvard My undergraduate degrees were in economics and international relations. I joined the federal service and worked in international trade and international labor. My dream had always been to go to the Harvard University John F. ...
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Moira sits smiling at the camera. Her long hair is down and she is wearing a black sleeveless top. Seated next to her is a yellow lab with its mouth slightly open as though smiling.

Voice of the Leader Dog Community: Moira Shea

Hello there, my name is Moira Shea and I have been invited to share some of my life lessons with you. I live in Washington DC with my husband and three Leader Dogs. My current Leader Dog, Declan, is a ...
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A Love Letter to Puppy Raisers

By Guide Dog Mobility Instructor Ashley Nunnelly Some of you may know that my start in the service dog industry was as a puppy raiser. I started raising when I was 19 years old and a student at the University ...
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Voice of the Leader Dog Community: Anu Joshi

Hey Everyone! My name is Anu, I’m from Southeast Michigan and I’ve been a volunteer puppy raiser for Leader Dogs since 2014. I grew up in Rochester and like most people within the area had heard of Leader Dogs for ...
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Ashley is taking out a selfie with Uni, whose head is resting over her shoulder. Uni's face is white and his nose is close to the camera. Ashley is smiling.

The Discomfort of Learning

By Guide Dog Mobility Instructor Ashley Nunnelly We all want to be successful, and most of us like to be successful immediately. Often, if something is “too hard” or “not working,” we are quick to abandon it. I know I’ve ...
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Voices of the Leader Dog Community: the LDB Team

For this month’s installment of Voices of the Leader Dog Community, we asked our staff to submit a wish for the coming year. We are starting with a wish that is short and heartfelt. Kathy Gilchrist, Lions relations specialist “What ...
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Voice of the Leader Dog Community: Cerr

Hello Everyone! My name is Cerr and I am from Colorado. I am a law student at the University of Denver, where I hope to become a disability rights lawyer. I graduated from Leader Dog with my guide Iris in ...
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Webinar: Current and Future Programs for 2021

In the seventh installment of our webinar series, team members give a quick review of our current services and talk about new virtual programming coming in 2021. Find out more about: T.O.M Talks (Technology, Orientation & Mobility) for people ages ...
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A Life on Hold

By Client Audrey Demmitt This pandemic lifestyle takes me back to another time when I was stuck at home. I used to say that blindness benched me from the game of life. It was as if I was set aside ...
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Ask Ashley: Jumping, Crate Training, “Leave It” and More

By Guide Dog Mobility Instructor Ashley Nunnelly Ashley here! Thank you all for the fantastic feedback from Ask Ashley blog #1! I am loving diving into these questions and problems with you, and if my answer doesn’t give you quite ...
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