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Guide Dogs

our guide dog's journey

Our Guide Dog Journey

Our Guide Dog journey is a long, organized, goal oriented and task-based curriculum with no room for error or failure. Her graduation will present her into the world to really make a difference. A life changing difference for a person with a disability.  We are excited and very pleased with MC’s accomplishments and evaluations, so far.  Here’s what we learned about MC this week.

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A Puppy Raiser’s Love

A puppy raiser’s love is quite remarkable considering she invests all her hopes and dreams in a very special guide dog puppy who will someday make the transition into a hero in a harness.  Such is the story of MC, our latest guide dog in training. You see, when guests rent a pet-friendly cottage from our Mermaid Cottages collection, the pet fee helps us sponsor puppies to be trained as guide dogs and service dogs for persons in need, including members of the United States Military.

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tybee treasures

Tybee Treasures

Shared from Visit Tybee

We’re celebrating Tybee Treasures! Mermaid Cottages is a proud supporter of Southeastern Guide Dogs. Learn more about this great organization and how your next stay on Tybee Island can include a meet and greet with our very own guide dog puppy Tybee!

tybee treasures
Mermaid Cottages Introduces Tybee, the Guide Dog
Did you know that a portion of every pet fee paid when you stay with Mermaid Cottages goes towards supporting their work with Service and Guide Dogs? Mermaid Cottages’ years of support inspired the Southeastern Guide Dog Foundation to name their latest training dog ‘Tybee’, in honor of this local vacation rental company. …

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Service Animals and Guide Dogs At Mermaid Cottages

We love to welcome Service Animals and Guide Dogs at Mermaid Cottages and it’s our pleasure to assist all of our guests, including those with disabilities.

Service Dogs and Guide Dogs

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), privately owned businesses that serve the public, such as restaurants, hotels, retail stores, taxicabs, theaters, concert halls, and sports facilities, are prohibited from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires these businesses to allow people with disabilities to bring their service animals onto business premises in whatever areas customers are generally allowed. …

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