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Athens News Matters: Our Georgia Bulldogs are Training Future Guide Dogs

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If you have stepped foot on UGA’s campus, you have probably seen at least one golden retriever in a yellow vest. They, like our students, are training to be professionals one day in their own field which is to be a service dog.

These dogs travel with students onto the buses, into classes, into the grocery stores in Athens...these students are helping them learn the world.

Nick Fuhrman from the University of Georgia’s Department of Agriculture sits down with WUGA’s Chris Shupe to talk about how our Georgia Bulldogs are training future guide dogs.

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.
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