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PARTNERS IN INDEPENDENCE: A Success Story of Dogs and the Disabled by Ed and Toni Eames
The intelligent and alert guide dog leading a blind partner through a busy matrix of complex streets has become a familiar sight. Less familiar, but just as dramatic, are the hearing and service dogs who, through an incredible diversity of tasks, improve the quality of life for people with other disabilities. Partners in Independence is about those dogs and the disabled people whose lives they enhance. These are the stories of visionaries who recognized the potential and converted canine potentialities into realities. Thanks to the dogs you will meet in this book, thousands of disabled people enjoy more enriched lives. They pursue careers, attend school, make friends, and cope with the situations each day brings. They and their dogs are best friends in the truest sense of the word. Ed and Toni Eames are active members of the world they describe. With their guide dogs, they have traveled the world, educated others and met a diverse segment of humanity featured in this book. They present the challenge, the humor, the determination and the pathos familiar to disabled people everywhere who confidently go through doors opened with the help of their canine partners!
Includes chapters on the history of assistance dogs, traveling with assistance dogs, caring for assistance dogs, rights of the disabled and contact information to the assistance dog world.
232 pages, paperback. $15.95. ISBN:0-9700494-4-7
For an interview with Ed and Toni Eames, call them at (559) 224-0544
or email at eeames@csufresno.edu
Published and distributed by Barkleigh Productions, Inc.
6 State Road #113, Mechanicsburg PA 17050
(717) 691-3388
sally@barkleigh.com
Order online at: www.off-lead.com
PARTNERS IN INDEPENDENCE: A Success Story of Dogs and The Disabled by Ed and Toni Eames. ISBN O-87605-595-1. Published by Howell Books. Available from: Eames (eeames@csufresno.edu, 3376 No Wishon, Fresno, CA 93704, (209) 224-0544.
This is the first edition of the book (very different than the updated version above) about the assistance dog field, described by founders of IAADP, taken in part from their columns in Dog World Magazine, spotlighting various training programs, assistance dog teams, how to become an assistance dog trainer, and much much more.
MAKING IMPRESSIONS: A Handbook for Prospective Guide Dog Handlers by Jenine McKeown (1995) Guide Dog Users, Inc. Available from: Guide Dog Users, Inc., 57 Grandview Ave Watertown, MA 02172, (617)926-9198. Call for Price.
Information and good advice on the rights and responsibilities of those thinking about applying for a guide dog.
A GUIDE TO GUIDE DOG SCHOOLS by Ed and Toni Eames (1994), available in print and on computer disk for $10. Make check payable to: Disabled On the Go. Mail Order To: Ed and Toni Eames, 3376 N. Wishon, Fresno, CA 93704, (209)224-0544.
Describes guide dog schools in the USA, to help newcomers make an informed choice about which might best fill their needs. Get detailed information about the requirements and demands of the different schools. Braille (BR9759) and cassette (RCO38777)formats available through local cooperating LC/NLS Braille and Talking Books Library Service.
TEAMWORK & TEAMWORK II by Stewart Nordensson & Lydia Kelley (1996, 1998).
Available from TOP DOG Publications, 800 N Swan Rd, #126, Tucson, AZ, 85711-1276.
Outstanding training manuals for obedience and service dog work for people with physical disabilities with many suggestions for ways to overcome or get around problems presented by various disabilities.
LEND ME AN EAR: The Temperament, Selection, and Training of the Hearing Dog by Martha Hoffman (1999). Doral Publishing, Inc, 8560 SW Salish Lane, Wilsonville, OR, 97070, www.doralpub.com.
Excellent book about getting and training hearing dogs for any person, from newcomer to the dog training field to expert hearing dog trainer.
GUIDE TO ASSISTANT DOG LAWS, FIRST EDITION - Legal Access Guide for the USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Pocketsize edition, $7 each + $3.40 Shipping and Handling (CA Residents add 8% Sales Tax) from Assistance Dogs International, c/o Suzi Hall, Coordinator Assistance Dogs International, PO Box 5174; Santa Rosa, CA 95402. (Also Decals saying "Assistance Dogs Welcome" for Store and Restaurant Windows, fifteen cents each)
"Partners in Independence" (VIDEO) by International Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP) Sponsored by Hills
These videos are presented in either general audience or veterinary audience versions. Each video is $20. IAADP's video "Partners in Independence" received the MAXWELL AWARD from the Dog Writers Association of America as the Best Canine Video in the Year 2001. To get your copy, send a check, payable in United States funds, to:
IAADP c/o Ed and Toni Eames
3376 N. Wishon
Freso, CA 93704
Make sure to state general audience or veterinary version when you remit payment.
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