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Turning Seeing Eye dogs into partners in life's triumphs.

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Opening your heart & home to a puppy brings added joy … knowing you’ve changed someone’s life for the better. Learn more about puppy raising.

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When Seeing Eye puppies reach the age of 7 or 8 weeks, they are delivered to the homes of volunteer “foster families” who nurture and care for their charges until they are about 16 to 18 months old.  Families in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and parts of Maryland and New York, give the dogs abundant affection, teach them basic obedience, and expose them to a variety of social situations they will later encounter as working dogs.  Many of these volunteer families have children, while a number of retired adults also volunteer their time for our puppies.

For more information about becoming a puppy raiser, consult the list below and call The Seeing Eye Area Coordinator for your county. You will be invited to a puppy club meeting in your county where you can learn more about the program first-hand.  For more information, e-mail the Puppy Placement department at puppyraisers@seeingeye.org.

Below is a listing of all the counties where we place puppies. Some of the clubs have their own websites, and the links to those also appear below. If you think you might like to be one of those very special people who raise puppies for The Seeing Eye, please call your appropriate representative. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Attention club leaders and members: if your club does not have a website, Bill Engleking will build a page for you at the new SeeingEyePuppyClubs.org. If you do have a site and we are not linked to it yet, please let us know!

Jill Jaycox: (908) 526-4604

Janet Farmilette: (201) 666-7829

Christine Higham: (973) 610-9237

Kathy Daly: (609) 242-1446

Vicki Hennig: (610) 827-9253

Ellen Curry: (717) 786-8445

Martha Castenschiold: (908) 236-9311

Lisa Radcliff: (215) 679-2070

 

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