Blind Navy Veteran Brad Snyder, 2012 London?Paralympic Games?two time Gold Medalist?for Team US Para Swimming?and Fidelco Guide Dog recipient is at the 2016?Rio Games. Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation President and CEO, Eliot Russman, discusses the need for Fidelco Guide Dogs and the training process for the German Shepherds. Statistics show that every 7 minutes someone in the United States becomes blind or visually impaired.