To Make Better Guide Dogs, Watch Hours of Cute Puppy Videos

At The Seeing Eye guide dog facility in Morristown, New Jersey, puppies spend the first three weeks of their life in plastic kiddie pools--the blue kind, speckled with colorful undersea cartoons. Lined with fleece and towels, the wading pools are perfectly sized for a litter of soft, tiny puppies and their mama to lounge and nurse. And some of those floppy-eared, tiny-tailed puppies will eventually grow into responsible, diligent, working dogs. But to don that Seeing Eye guide dog vest, a dog needs to be exceptional. Guide dogs need to be healthy, unfazed by jackhammers, and smart enough to lead a human across the street only when the coast is clear.