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By Mary Ann Kuhn
Rappahannock News Writer
The Post Office in Little Washington is not going to be the same, with Norris no longer there to greet customers — and play fetch.
Norris is the 18-month-old black lab “guide-dog-to-be” who belongsjo Postmistress Nina Shepardsonand her husband, Mark of Flint Hill.
Norris usually can be seen sitting on the floor behind the postal counter, or reaching up to play fetch, or poking his nose in the mail slots, out of curiosity, to the amusement of postal customers reaching in for their mail.
The Shepardsons are volunteer “puppy raisers” for the Guiding Eyes for the Blind. They have been raising Norris since November 2001, when he was four months old.
Their job includes giving Norris a “happy childhood,” as Mrs. Shepardson calls it, teaching him basic obedience and “socializing” him—so that he gets used to the public, in this case, the comings and goings of postal customers.
All of this is in preparation for the day Norris goes off to school to learn how to be a guide dog for a blind person, which is what he will
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