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Once the dogs return to The Seeing Eye, they are matched with an instructor. The instructors begin working their dogs on the campus driveway to get a feel for each individual dog and get them used to walking in a harness. From there, the dogs are taken to Morristown, where they learn how to mind up and down curbs, be weary of traffic, have spatial awareness, and other things. Once the dogs have mastered Morristown, about three to four months into training, they are taken to work in New York City. If the dogs are confident and trustworthy this far into training, and a perspective incoming student seems like a good match for a particular dog, then they will go into class for about a month to learn to work as a team with this new blind or visually impaired person. From there, that person has ownership of their dog, but The Seeing Eye is available for help and support at any time during this partnership