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Article: NEW LEASH ON LIFE | STRUGGLING WITH DEATH OF LEADER DOG, BLIND AURORA MAN WORKS TO BOND WITH, TRAIN NEW PARTNER
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- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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When it came time for Roy Jeffries to get a new work partner, he had to go back to school and stay in a dorm with his new helper.
He had to take meals with his new worker, sleep in the same room with him and even bring him to his Aurora home.
It's not the typical working relationship.
After all, from time to time, Jeffries' new partner wants to climb up into his lap rather than work.
Plus he has puppy breath.
You see, Jeffries is blind.
His new partner is B.J., a young yellow Labrador retriever.
In a world where people who cannot be self-reliant are often simply pushed out of the way, Jeffries understands that B.J. helps give him the independence we all crave but sometimes take for ...