Savanna and Debbie bring you the story of Morris Frank, Dorothy Eustis, and a German Shepherd named Buddy. When dog trainer and breeder Dorthy Eustis writes an enthusiastic article for The Saturday Evening Post about seeing guide dogs lead the blind in Germany, Morris Frank's life is changed. Morris subsequently became the handler to a very unique guide dog, Buddy, who would convince an entire nation that the place of guide dogs in society was a valuable one worth advocating for.

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Seeing Eye School:

https://seeingeye.org

Assistance Dogs International:

https://assistancedogsinternational.org/

Sources:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2016/04/post-article-launched-seeing-eye-program/

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2010/12/06/through-buddys-eyes/

https://seeingeye.org/the-seeing-eyes-early-beginnings-dorothy-harrison-eustis/

https://www.igdf.org.uk/guide-dogs/history-of-guide-dogs/

https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/women-of-history-dorothy-harrison-eustis/

I also read The First Lady of the Seeing Eye by Morris Frank and Blake Clark, and it's kind of ahrd to come by. I got it on thriftbooks and it's not available right now but check with your local library!

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/first-lady-of-the-seeing-eye/13599847/#edition=20871265&idiq=35802609

Haley tells Savanna and Debbie all about emus and they're pretty weird. But also so fascinating. There was an actual war declared and executed in Australia in 1932 and *spoiler* THE EMUS WON. It's wild and crazy and leads to a great conversation about practical (and actually helpful) solutions to human-wildlife conflict.

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Sources:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-great-emu-war-australia

https://www.britannica.com/technology/military-technology

https://romanianjournalofhistoricalstudies.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/richard-j.-cook-src491an-m.-jovanovic487-the-emu-strikes-back_an-inquiry-into-australiae28099s-peculiar-military-action-of-1932.pdf

https://panthera.org/

Haley and Debbie are back with part 2 of Sonora Webster Carver and her incredible diving horses. This story just keeps getting wilder. Come join us as we are in true awe of these animals and this woman.

Buy Sonora's book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Five-Brave-Horses/dp/1891396722

Join our book club!!!

https://fable.co/club/cmc-book-club-with-debbie-442046716793