64K views · 804 reactions | How to train a guide dog in 3️⃣ stages, brought to you by The Guide Puppy trainer, Michelle  [Video description: Michelle talks to camera while different guide dogs go through the training exercises she mentions] | Guide Dogs UK | Facebook

How trainers praise their guide dogs in training 🥹🫶 Watch Katie, a guide dog mobility instructor, walk through an obstacle course with Jack, a black lab guide dog in training. The obstacle course is part of the Guide Dog Foundation’s headquarters in Smithtown, NY. Within the course are various obstructions in the pathway, including overhead and ground-level obstacles. #GuideDogFoundation #GuideDogTraining #GDMI #NonProfit | Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

Guide dogs are trained to safely guide their handlers around obstacles on the ground and above! They navigate paths, avoiding anything that could block or trip their handler and even scanning for overhead hazards.Curious about how guide dogs work? Drop your questions in the comments below! 🦮 The video shows a female black lab, Petunia, guiding her handler, Audrey, around a makeshift obstacle on the back squares of the Guide Dog Foundation’s National Headquarters. Petunia walks up to the obstacl

Today is Blue Monday and this year it may feel extra tough, so we hope these little life changers help make it feel less “blue" 💙 [Video description: A 30 second video which shows different footage of our young puppies playing at our National Breeding Centre. Please note footage was filmed early 2020. Our National Breeding Centre is still closed to the public but we’re continuing to operate with only essential staff on site] | Guide Dogs UK

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“They believe the dog can read bus numbers.” 😂 Sarah’s stories had us chuckling. What other myths have you heard about guide dogs? . [Visual description: An animation shows the words spoken, plus images of people, guide dogs and bus as the story unfolds | Text and images appear quickly on screen, listen with sound on for best experience] | Guide Dogs UK

Becky lost her sight when she was a teenager and became more and more isolated, but everything changed when she met her guide dog Hattie. Please watch and share guide dog owner Becky’s inspirational story for #GuideDogsWeek #LetsGlow. Read more about Becky and Hattie by visiting: bit.ly/1JS5sIl. | Guide Dogs UK