Colgate-Palmolive is known worldwide for toothpaste, soap, and household products. Yet another major part of its business is Hill’s Pet Nutrition, which produces foods formulated for the health needs of dogs and cats.
Hill’s began independently of Colgate, long before it became part of the company. Its origins can be traced to a blind man named Morris Frank, a veterinarian named Mark Morris, and a German shepherd called Buddy.
Morris Frank and his guide dogs
Morris Frank lost his sight as a teenager. In 1927, he learned that dogs were being trained in Europe to guide people who were blind and contacted Dorothy Harrison Eustis, an American dog trainer living in Switzerland.
Eustis invited Frank to Switzerland, where he learned to work with a female German shepherd originally named Kiss. Frank renamed her Buddy.
In June 1928, Frank returned to New York and demonstrated Buddy’s abilities before reporters by navigating busy city streets. Afterward, he sent Eustis a one-word telegram: “Success.”
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