Published January 05. 2023 09:57AM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
The Lehigh County Seeing Eye Puppy club had a training session recently at the Cetronia Ambulance Corps, South Whitehall.
The object of the training was to introduce the puppies to the very different and challenging environment of an ambulance, if needed by their humans.
Nearly a dozen puppies and their trainers took part in the training at the ambulance corps headquarters.
To become a Seeing Eye Puppy Club member, one agrees to host a puppy for a year and a half, provide obedience training coupled with love and care along with social interaction so the puppy can become a Seeing Eye dog.
Quebec, a 2-month-old Labrador/Golden Retriever mix, and Seeing Eye Puppy in training, is joining other puppies Nov. 13, 2022, at the Cetronia Ambulance Corps, South Whitehall. She is held by Haley Kauffman, a videographer for WFMZ Channel 69 News.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Puppies will be puppies! Isabella, a 14-week-old Lab/golden mix, and Francine, a 1-year-old German shepherd dog, just have to say hello at the Cetronia Ambulance Corps training session.
Ike, a 9-month-old Lab/golden mix remained quiet and undisturbed as a Cetronia Ambulance traveled across the road with red lights flashing and siren activated. Ike's trainer is Wendy Piasecki of Perkasie.
Members of the Lehigh County Seeing Eye Puppy Club and their puppies gather around a Cetronia Ambulance during training Nov. 13, 2022, at the corps' headquarters.
Kathleen Fadule, EMT, rattles straps on an ambulance litter to see if Seeing Eye Puppy in-training Quinto is bothered by the noise. Krista Benner, paramedic, (seated) looks on as does trainer Debbie Miller holding Quinto's leash.
Showing his comfort inside an ambulance is Ike as he rests his head on the knee of Cetronia Ambulance Corps Paramedic Krista Benner. Ike's trainer Wendy Piasecki look on.
