08/06/2024
Hey!! We know this pupper!! Bryna took a bunch of classes with us. Congratulations to her raiser, Susan, on Bryna becoming a guide dog! ๐ฆฎ ๐๐
CONGRATULATIONS MONROE REGION GUIDE DOG TEAM AIMEE GAUTHIER AND BRYNA - AUG 2,2024
Bryna: Yellow Female lab (6BB22)
Birth: May 11, 2022
Parents: Dana x Rider
Congratulations to the new guide dog team Aimee and yellow female lab Bryna, who graduated Friday, August 2nd at Yorktown Heights. This is the 4th puppy raised by Susan Chamberlin.
Bryna is Aimeeโs first guide dog and she feels as though Bryna has given her back the ability to navigate the world, and enjoy her familyโs outdoor activities and adventures without putting a burden on her children and spouse. Sayโs Aimee, โBryna gave my feet wings, and together, weโre going to fly.โ
She and Bryna traveled home to Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday and were greeted loudly and joyfully at the airport by her 8-year-old son, and 14-year-old daughter who immediately fell in love with their new family member.
Recently retired as an ESL Development Specialist in a local school district, Aimee still plans to volunteer her time at the school, or the local college. But best of all, she plans to get back in shape with the help of her fast-walking guide Bryna. During her training at Yorktown Heights, she said, โBryna and I started in the morning, walking the trails on campus in order to get a head-start on our 10,000 stepsโ.
Always active in the outdoors, the family plans a vacation in Colorado this Fall, and already have reservations for their 6th trip to Hawaii in November 2025.
Aimee bubbles over with contagious unbridled joy, gratitude, and appreciation for this life changing gift from Guiding Eyes For The Blind. We wish them the best and hope to hear of their travels.
Collage - 3 photos: 1. Susan and Aimee sit close together, smiling widely at the camera. Bryna is in a down postion between them, leaning against Aimee right leg and smiling just as widely. 2. During the graduation ceremony, Aimee, sitting with the other graduates, reaches and receives her graduation certificate, while Bryna, in a down position between her legs, leans her head up to watch the hand over. 3. Susan, sitting on a chair in the dining hall, is greeted by Bryna. She' licking Susan's face over and over and not seen in the photos she also manages to clean Susan's ears.