Sentences with phrase «guide dog training»

These problems can develop even after the dog enters formal guide dog training at approximately 18 months of age.

She was intended to graduate a month after she did from guide dog training school.

Since then she's worked extensively in guide dog training and animal rescue.

This is not the case in all countries with multiple guide dog training facilities.

Unlike ordinary obedience training, guide dog training does not use food as a reward for good performance.

The charity is the largest of its kind in the world, breeding around 1,400 dogs for possible guide dog training every year.

The hands - on program was the first in the country to allow students a year - long experience in basic guide dog training.

Interestingly enough, the puppies raised by kids are more likely to make it through the formal guide dog training.

This staff is complemented tenfold by our volunteers, including our incredible «Puppy Raisers» who care for our puppies in their early months and years, preparing them to begin the important work of guide dog training.

He is the creator of Puppy in Training blog which is a fascinating account of his experiences training puppies for guide dog training.

Guide Dogs for the Blind is the first US guide dog training program to operate two facilities under the same administration, with its new campus in Boring, Oregon (the first class graduated September 1995).

When formal guide dog training began in Switzerland in the 1920s under the leadership of Dorothy Eustis, all of the dogs trained were German Shepherd females.

In the US, 60 per cent of dogs that start guide dog training never finish it.

Guide Dogs of America's volunteer puppy raiser families foster our puppies from the age of 8 weeks until the dogs enter formal guide dog training at around 18 months of age.

(Most puppies are ready to start guide dog training when they are about 18 months old.)

They are commonly but incorrectly called «Seeing Eye» dogs, since Seeing Eye is the name of only one of many guide dog training schools.

Animal behaviour experts at the University of Nottingham have developed a new tool which can be used to predict a young dog's likelihood of successfully completing guide dog training.

As 60 per cent of all guide dogs fail guide dog training, smart toys that predict which ones will can save time and money

Flat - coated retrievers, in particular, appear to be gaining popularity with guide dog training establishments.

All proceeds from these National Guide Dog Month activities will be donated to participating guide dog training facilities nationwide.

In Nelson v. Ryan, the district court held that the defendant reasonably accommodated the plaintiff, a blind employee, by crediting him with sick and personal leave, in advance, in order to attend extended guide dog training sessions.

Guide dog training schools work very hard to match handlers with guide dogs according to the compatibility of their personalities.

A research team at the University of Pennsylvania found that puppies destined for guide dog training are more likely to fail if they're coddled by their mothers.

Natural Balance will donate $.50 for each purchase of specially marked bags of food to guide dog training facilities across the country.

First, variation in Maternal behavior was significantly associated with dogs» later success in guide dog training.

She also oversees our Puppy Raisers» work with preparing the pups for formal guide dog training.

«New tool helps pick puppies most suited to guide dog training.»

Penny will still be in school when the students return after summer break, but sometime this fall — if she is evaluated and accepted — Penny could be leaving Rayburn to enter another school: guide dog training school.

Congratulations to Gary and Jordie, who had their Guide Dog training graduation ceremony yesterday!

Coincidentally, when Isono went to Guide Dogs for the Blind to receive her guide dog training, she met her husband, Zach, an instructor for GDB at the time.

If you love dogs and have the time to care for a puppy, you can play a critical part in the guide dog training process.

After the instructor has spent some time with a dog, he or she decides whether the dog is a good candidate for guide dog training, not suited for guide dog training or not quite ready for guide dog training.

Guide dog training is particularly rigorous and is done by professional handlers.

When he is about a year old, I will return him to Pilot Dogs, where he will receive his formal guide dog training and be placed with a blind master as a working guide dog.

During his time on set, Wrangler was exposed to the sights and sounds of the world, and learned to socialize and interact with a variety of different people and situations in preparation for the next phase of his guide dog training.

She has been responsible for bringing science based Clicker Training to guide dog training and promoting the expansion of Clicker Training internationally within the guide dog field.

Tons of socialization is imperative; the more socialized the dog is as a puppy, the more successful their guide dog training will be.

Geographical location is only one factor in selecting a guide dog training school to attend, and rarely is it the most important.

Guide dog training is another very specialized field.

When you host a Guiding Eyes Puppy Project, your company «adopts» an adorable Guiding Eyes puppy and sets a goal to raise the amount it takes to get your puppy from birth to guide dog training to support throughout the team's partnership and into a happy retirement.

Our brood and stud dogs start out their lives like any other dog in our program — being raised by a puppy raiser, then assessed for suitability for Guide Dog training.

No matter whether this is your first time raising a Guiding Eyes puppy or your 20th time, we're here to help and support you in every way, so that you can successfully raise a puppy until it is ready to be evaluated for guide dog training.

Most have not yet had formal guide dog training, but as young adults, these dogs have already learned a great deal.

As reported by The Huffington Post, the love affair between Claire Johnson and Mark Gaffey began at a guide dog training course during which their own two guide dogs, Venice and Rodd, couldn't stop playing with one another.

The BOLO Project will last one year — from the time when Bolo is about seven weeks old until she is ready to begin guide dog training.