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Our guide dogs and Guide Dog Mobility Instructors truly love the works they do! 🦮🫶 without your support, this work wouldn’t be possible! Find out how you can get involved, visit the link in our bio! 👏🏻 video shows a guide dog instructor walking along a simulated city block as she works her black Labrador retriever guide dog. The dog is working well, stopping for obstacles, curbs, and more . | Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

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

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

How do Guide Dog Foundation students train with their guide dogs during a two-week class? Students begin by practicing leash and harness techniques with their Guide Dog Mobility Instructors (GDMIs). Once they meet their guide dogs, they head to various locations to work on real-world scenarios. Each day helps them build confidence and strengthen their bond as a team, with guidance from their GDMIs. 💙🦮 Learn more about our training process by tapping the link in our bio! #guidedogfoundation #gu

What do our dogs learn throughout their guide dog training at our regional centres? 🐶 Lucy Michaliszyn, Training & Behaviour Consultant, tells us in the fifth episode of ‘The journey of a guide dog’ YouTube series. The brand-new episode is live on our YouTube channel now: https://bit.ly/3CEYYmA 👈 [Visual Description: Clip cuts between a guide dog trainer walking with a trainee guide dog, putting a harness on a trainee guide dog and standing at a train platform with a trainee guide dog. The cli