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 ...

A survey has found that four in ten dog owners say their furry friends are easily distracted - but there's a unique training trick that could help to solve the problem ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Leah Rogers, the charity's puppy raising manager, said raising the puppies was not an easy task but it was enjoyable. Guide dog owner Lena Welch said having a trained dog was "life-changing" for ...