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

Ever wonder what goes into training a guide dog? Follow as a Guide Dog Apprentice practices a route with a future guide dog, Peter. Learn more about our guide dog program by visiting the guidedog.org.The video shows a guide dog apprentice walking on the sidewalk with Peter, a yellow lab and future guide dog. #guidedog #guidedogtraining #dogtraining #guidedogfoundation #assistancedog #doglover #doglife #traininghard #dogroutine #ablove #labrador #lablife | Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

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

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 does a guide dog provide life-changing support for someone with sight loss? 🦮 Three guide dog owners tell us how in the eighth episode of ‘The journey of a guide dog’ YouTube series. The brand-new episode is live on our YouTube channel now: https://bit.ly/3y96GSX [Visual Description: A short video of quick cuts. The video cuts show a variety of guide dog owners and their guide dogs walking to demonstrate how a guide dog partnership works.] | Guide Dogs UK