--- description: Two dogs act as seeing eye dogs for the blind Akita dog that they live with in Michigan title: These 2 ‘Seeing-Eye’ Dogs Help a Blind, Old Canine Get Around image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b9ad56c8a674ebb/698851788e060104c1460a51/akita-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These 2 ‘Seeing-Eye’ Dogs Help a Blind, Old Canine Get Around  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2015 7:12 PM CUT  Jessica VanHusen  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2015 7:12 PM CUT These two pups are seeing-eye dogs—for another dog. Jessica VanHusen of Waterford, Mich. has two healthy dogs that help out her older, blind pooch, a 10-year-old Akita named Kiaya. Kiaya had to have both eyes removed after a two-year battle with glaucoma, [according to](http://bluepearlvet.com/blind-akita-has-two-seeing-eye-dogs-her-brothers/ "undefined") a press release on the website for BluePearl Veterinary Partners. Now, the other Akitas that VanHusen owns, 8-year-old Cass and 2-year-old Keller, are always by Kiaya’s side, grooming her, lying next to her in the yard, and watching out for her while she’s eating or when they’re all in the car together. “It’s clear the other dogs are trying to protect her,” Dr. Gwen Sila, the veterinary ophthalmologist who performed Kiaya’s surgeries, said in a statement. ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/"},"headline":"These 2 ‘Seeing-Eye’ Dogs Help a Blind, Old Canine Get Around","datePublished":"2015-05-23T19:12:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:32.168Z","description":"Paws-itively heartwarming","url":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b9ad56c8a674ebb/698851788e060104c1460a51/akita-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b9ad56c8a674ebb/698851788e060104c1460a51/akita-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"akita-blind-dog","caption":"akita-blind-dog","creditText":"Jessica VanHusen","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/","name":"These 2 ‘Seeing-Eye’ Dogs Help a Blind, Old Canine Get Around"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"ANSWERS: DESIGNER DOGS","description":"ANSWERS: DESIGNER DOGS","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HlrH8Ag1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-28T01:52:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HlrH8Ag1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/","duration":"PT1M7S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3895153/akita-blind-seeing-eye-dogs/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```