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

Guide dogs = navigation pros 😎 VD: The video shows Matthew, a Guide Dog Foundation graduate, walking on a sidewalk with his guide dog Taki, a yellow Labrador Retriever. They come to a row of orange cones blocking their path. Taki stops just before the cones. Matthew feels with his foot to locate the obstacle, then gives a cue. Taki guides them around the cones and they continue walking. | Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind

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