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ShareGuide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles.
They are commonly but incorrectly called "Seeing Eye" dogs, since Seeing Eye is the name of only one of many guide dog training schools.
For more information about the topic Guide dog, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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