Episode 81
81. Guide Dogs
Before a guide dog can help a blind person navigate the world, it has to pass a series of tests, then go through $75,000 worth of training. Zachary Crockett sniffs around.
The Economics of Everyday Things
February 17, 202521m 44s
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Show Notes
Before a guide dog can help a blind person navigate the world, it has to pass a series of tests, then go through $75,000 worth of training. Zachary Crockett sniffs around.
- SOURCES:
- Peggy Gibbon, director of canine development at The Seeing Eye.
- Charles Pat McKenna, assistant division director of the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- RESOURCES:
- "Why Seeing Eye Dogs Are So Expensive To Breed and Train," by Abby Tang and Emily Christian (Business Insider, 2024).
- "For decades, the blind have used canes to get around. Now a special wristband gives them a ‘sixth sense.'" by Peter Holley (Washington Post, 2017).
- The Seeing Eye.
- "History of Guide Dogs," by The International Guide Dog Federation.
- "Facts and Figures" by The International Guide Dog Federation.
- EXTRAS:
- "Morris Frank," by The International Guide Dog Foundation (Vimeo, 2021).
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