Service Dog Project Inc. is the culmination of Founder Carlene White’s 30 years of experience with animal training and a lifelong dream to assist the disabled population through the aide of service dogs. Service Dog Project has trained and donated 190 certified Great Dane service dogs to individuals who have difficulty with their balance and READ MORE
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our DGUNH members
Guide dog Christmas Poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas, the kennels were still, with most dogs asleep, having eaten their fill. The labs were sprawled out, quite snug in their beds, While visions of milk bones danced in their heads. The Goldens and Labs were curled up on the floor, some twitched in their sleep READ MORE
Service Animals, Pets, and your Business – Copyright GCD
How should I let the public know my business welcomes service animals, but otherwise do not allow pets on the premises? To help business owners and managers in complying with applicable laws addressing service animals in public places, the Legislature authorized the Secretary of State and Governor’s Commission on Disability to produce a free decal that can READ MORE
Amazon aids blind customers with Alexa-enabled devices – by Dan Berthiaume from CSA, The business of retail
A new feature of the Echo Show smart home camera enables blind and low-vision customers to hold up an item to the camera and ask, “Alexa, what am I holding?” The Alexa voice assistant service then helps identify the item through advanced computer vision and machine learning technologies for object recognition. “The whole idea for READ MORE
Smart Home Technology Can Help!
Article published on Future in Sight by Beth Daisy, Supervisor of Occupational Therapy | Oct 4, 2021 | Think you don’t need a smart home device? Click on the following link to learn more about this wonderful technology https://futureinsight.org/blog-and-news/smart-home-technology-can-help/ READ MORE
Governor Sununu Proclaims October 2021 as White Cane & Dog Guide Users Awareness Month – Credits: Article taken from The Future in Sight, by Sarah Rondeau | Oct 7, 2021 |
Concord, NH (September 20, 2021) Christopher T. Sununu, Governor of the State of New Hampshire, proclaimed October 2021 as White Cane & Dog Guide Users Awareness Month and calls this to the attention of all citizens. The white cane and dog guide, in addition to being practical mobility tools, serves as a symbol of dignity, freedom, READ MORE
Our New “Our Dogs” section is up and running
The below links are for our member’s service and/or guide dogs living or have passed over the rainbow bridge. To reach our section, please select it from our menu bar or click on the following link: https://dogguideusersnh1.org/?page_id=235 READ MORE
Virtual audio tours to Museums, National parks, Monuments, and others
We would like to share with all of our members a new way to explore the world by using Visual Audio Tours. Brought by UniDescription, this project is an accessible app that contains audio descriptions of a lot of these historically significant places, like national parks, museums, monuments, things like that. Places that people like READ MORE
With mushrooms sprouting, pet owners urged to take care
Some mushrooms can be dangerous for pets MANCHESTER, N.H. — Article by WMUR July 30, 2021, Mike Cronin – News Reporter New Hampshire’s rainy July has meant a lot of mushrooms are popping up, prompting warnings for pet owners. Mushroom farmers said the Northeast as a whole is seeing an uptick of the fungus because READ MORE
Important Information from the Centers for Disease Control About International Travel with Your Seeing Eye® Dog
Dear graduate of The Seeing Eye: We want to share some important information that you will need if you are making plans to travel internationally. As of July 14, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) began requiring that people traveling back to the U.S. from countries where rabies is a high risk obtain a permit READ MORE