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Smithtown streets are training ground for guide dogs
Photo credit: Brittany Wait
After two weeks of training at The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, students take to Main Street, familiarizing their guide dogs with a real world setting.
Anne Mercer, an instructor at the national foundation, said the community welcomes students and foundation instructors to use their hometown for training.
“We teach the dogs to safely cross the street and notice obstacles...
