First recorded in 1925–30; from Seeing Eye, a trademark of The Seeing Eye, Inc.
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One of the lost animals featured on Angelo’s boxes was Ondrea, a puppy training to be a Seeing Eye dog.
From Fox News ● Jul. 18, 2019
Even in the background, walking past, you didn’t see anyone signing or with a Seeing Eye dog or a wheelchair.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2018
A few years ago, Dominguez was driving a northbound A train into the 125th Street station when he saw a blind man and his Seeing Eye dog sprawled on the tracks.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
But Mr. Bannon has served as a kind of Seeing Eye dog for the president.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017
The guy was sitting there with a Seeing Eye dog and a white cane.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
Guevara, a writer who is blind, once had a seeing-eye dog that would navigate around the ankle-deep puddles and lingering muck.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
The pup was the seeing-eye dog lovingly portrayed in Patricia Kennedy’s book “Through Otis’ Eyes: Lessons From a Guide Dog Puppy.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
Farhan, who now identifies as a transgender woman, hopes to obtain a seeing-eye dog to help with her visual impairment, the newspaper reported, citing parole documents.
From Fox News ● Mar. 14, 2019
Police said the vehicle turned onto the avenue and accidentally struck the 65-year-old who had been walking with his seeing-eye dog near his Upper East Side home.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2017
He sat on a stool under the awning of the A&P supermarket on the corner of Moore Avenue, his seeing-eye dog lying down in front of him on a blanket.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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