NMSU club to train five new puppies to be guide dogs for the blind Leah Romero, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State University’s Community Puppy Raisers club received five new puppies this weekend to prepare for guide dog school in California. The student club partners with Guide Dogs for the Blind to socialize and teach the puppies basic obedience.
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a nonprofit organization that breeds and prepares Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers and Lab-golden retriever crosses to assist people who are blind or visually impaired.
The five 8-week-old Labrador retriever puppies were delivered to the Las Cruces International Airport Saturday, Jan. 2, by an anonymous donor who volunteered to fly to California to pick up the puppies before delivering them to students in Las Cruces.