'Raising Hope'

Grad Student Prepares Dogs for Life of Service to the Blind

Raising any animal is a huge responsibility. Raising a dog whose eventual role will be to help others is an even bigger one.

Jennie Huntrods, a graduate student in the Auburn College of Agriculture’s rural sociology program, has been raising puppies for Leader Dogs for the Blind for more than a year now and is currently training her second puppy, a golden retriever named Dinah. Her first puppy was a Labrador retriever and German shepherd cross named Cora.

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