When TODAY correspondent Keir Simmons stopped by a guide dog training center for a very sweet story about a pair of pups (and their owners) who fell in love, he surprised us with something else ...

Southeastern Guide Dogs, a nonprofit dedicated to breeding, training, and placing guide and service dogs free of charge, is looking for volunteer puppy raisers. The opportunity is as dreamy as it ...

Once a Leader Dogs for the Blind puppy has spent a year growing up in a home, it returns to the nonprofit's campus and begins its expert guide dog training. Dogs that take to the training and ...

Puppy raising volunteers raise puppies from age eight weeks to 15-17 months, when they can enter formal guide dog training. During this time, families are responsible for providing their puppies ...

For International Guide Dog Day, Saxon's answering one of our viewers' top questions: How do I become a puppy raiser?

But many puppies bred to be guide dogs flunk out of training programs. A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests the way a puppy's mother raises it ...

Similar to all other service dogs-in-training seen on campus at the University of Georgia, Gemma was born in New York before traveling to UGA to be matched with her puppy raiser.

BRECKENRIDGE - Guide Dogs for the Blind puppy raisers Grant and Judy Reid know their efforts can change lives.For five years, the Breckenridge couple has worked with young dogs ...

Among the 66 puppies who, at age 2 1/2, graduated from guide dog training school, researchers noted a clear trend: Many were puppies who at various points had to scramble for a chance to nurse ...

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Before a puppy becomes a guide dog, it has to learn to be a good dog. That's where our Everyday Heroes, Puppy Raisers, come in.Jenny Collins is training 15-mont ...

Wanted: A very special breed of dog lover. A group that trains guide dogs for the blind is looking for New Yorkers to serve as temporary “puppy raisers” amid a post-pandemic shortage of ...