Sentences with phrase «of guide dog program»

Other collateral assignments include Tiburon instructor, team member of Guide Dog program and asset inventory auditor for Travis County Jail.

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She wrote legislation that mandates restitution to guide dog users for the cost associated with the injury or death of their service dogs and supported legislation creating a home care program for people with AIDS.

Gilbert is outreach manager at Guide Dogs for the Blind, based in nearby San Rafael, and, a few months before her visit to Bacich with her German shepherd guide, Hedda, she teamed up with the school's third - grade teachers, and with the Marin County Office of Education, to help introduce materials from Guide Dogs for the Blind — and from the National Federation for the Blind's Braille Is Beautiful program — into school curricGuide Dogs for the Blind, based in nearby San Rafael, and, a few months before her visit to Bacich with her German shepherd guide, Hedda, she teamed up with the school's third - grade teachers, and with the Marin County Office of Education, to help introduce materials from Guide Dogs for the Blind — and from the National Federation for the Blind's Braille Is Beautiful program — into school curricguide, Hedda, she teamed up with the school's third - grade teachers, and with the Marin County Office of Education, to help introduce materials from Guide Dogs for the Blind — and from the National Federation for the Blind's Braille Is Beautiful program — into school curricGuide Dogs for the Blind — and from the National Federation for the Blind's Braille Is Beautiful program — into school curriculum.

Through her work with GDB and with the support of District leadership, in 2005, Savageau created the Companion Animal Science Program, allowing high school students to earn credit while training puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc..

«We have an incredible agricultural education program in the state and the support of the administration, along with Guide Dogs for the Blind, makes my job possible,» says Savageau.

During that time, the Puppy Raiser plays a key role in the socialization and development of the puppy which greatly increases its chances of graduating from the guide dog program.

The dogs who pass the training program are matched with humans in need of mobility assistance, seizure alerts, autism assistance, and hearing and guide help.

Federal Employees often choose to support our program through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), State Employees donate to their State Employees Charitable Campaigns (SECC), and other employees donate by way of designating Guide Dogs of America on their United Way Contributions forms or their special workplace giving campaigns.

His intent was to provide those who could not have a service dog because of allergies with a low dander dog that would be successful in a guide dog program.

Guide Dog programs typically spay females after their first heat and males at about 8 months of age.

Wally Conron was a horse breeder in charge of the breeding program for an Australian guide dog program.

The program is entirely scripted and comes with: 60 page program guide, 20 eight page kid's activity guides, 1 Dog Smart Card Game, 50 SAFE Dog Bite Prevention Game 4 ″ x 6 ″ postcards, downloadable Powerpoint, downloadable videos, additional puzzles and games to copy, and certificate of completion masters for both Reach & Teach and SAFE Dog Bite Prevention.

In «Bernedoodles: A Head to Tail Guide,» Rupke takes readers on a journey from her early days of breeding purebred dogs to establishing her highly successful hybrid program.

Look no further than a guide dog foundation, pet therapy program, a neighbor down the street or perhaps in your own family — the Labrador ranks high in the AKC's annual registry of top ten breeds.

At Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a respected guide dog school based in Yorktown Heights, New York, trainers screen young puppies for guiding aptitude, and release 20 percent of them from the pGuiding Eyes for the Blind, a respected guide dog school based in Yorktown Heights, New York, trainers screen young puppies for guiding aptitude, and release 20 percent of them from the pguiding aptitude, and release 20 percent of them from the program.

Two pups were at the snowy Reno soccer game, wearing their «puppy coats» signifying they are part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind program.

There is a wealth of information about our training program for the guide dogs and their handlers, our puppy raising program as well as information on how you can help us to continue providing this much appreciated service for our friends who have impaired vision.

At Guiding Eyes for the Blind, only the top 50 percent of the returning puppies will stay with the school — so the school places a little over 400 puppies with raisers each year, needing only 200 dogs for the training program.

Thanks also to Mary Cantando, for sharing her experiences of raising Sonar, a future guide dog in the Guiding Eyes puppy - raising program.

There are, in addition to residential training schools and home training programs, a few private trainers of dog guides and a few blind people who train their own guides.

Operation Catnip (OC) of Gainesville, Florida, exemplifies NHES» 10th Guiding Principle, «To advance programs for the humane sterilization of cats and dogs in order to reduce their overpopulation.»

The trend does seem to be toward proprietary breeding programs, although many of the stock, if not used as guide dogs will also compete in the more usual kennel club events.

Of these, Fidelco, Southeastern, 2 new schools in New York state, (Upstate Guide Dog Association and Freedom Guide Dogs), and a very recently established program in Oregon (Northwest Guiding Eyes) serve only people from their own «region.»

The Santa Clarita Valley Quilters Guild crafted and generously donated this quilt, titled «Happy Dogs Brighten Lives,» for raffle to benefit Guide Dogs of America's program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with professionally trained guide dogs, and instruction... Read Dogs Brighten Lives,» for raffle to benefit Guide Dogs of America's program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with professionally trained guide dogs, and instruction... ReadGuide Dogs of America's program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with professionally trained guide dogs, and instruction... Read Dogs of America's program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with professionally trained guide dogs, and instruction... Readguide dogs, and instruction... Read dogs, and instruction... Read more

This is the most rapidly growing area of dog guide training, with three new home training programs started since 1990.

During this time, not all of the dogs in the program are able to become guide dogs due to problems with health or temperament, e.g. allergies, hip or elbow dysplasia, overly friendly, cat or other dog distractions, etc..

Assistance Dogs international (ADI), a coalition of worldwide programs that train Assistance Dogs including Guide Dogs, Service Dogs and Hearing Dogs, has adopted the first international standards for programs that provide Service Dogs to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The CFC (Combined Federal Campaign - Federal Employees) and the SECC (State Employee Charitable Campaign) are programs that allow State and Federal employees the opportunity to promote and support a wide variety of charities and Guide Dogs of America is recognized by the CFC as among the best animal charities in America.

When a puppy - in - training successfully completes the program and becomes a working guide dog, we celebrate the newly formed team during a public graduation ceremony at Guide Dogs of America's Sylmar caguide dog, we celebrate the newly formed team during a public graduation ceremony at Guide Dogs of America's Sylmar caGuide Dogs of America's Sylmar campus.

A small percentage of our dogs do come from other guide or service dog schools, approved breeders, and a service dog co-op breeder program.

e have been blessed and fortunate to have been able to have such great dogs as well as such great mentors to guide us and those that entrusted us to allow their dogs to become a part of our family and the foundation for our breeding program.

We have been blessed and fortunate to have been able to have such great dogs as well as such great mentors to guide us and those that entrusted us to allow their dogs to become a part of our family and the foundation for our breeding program.

Joseph Dolan, a recent graduate of Texas State Technical College, created the interactive program — Pocket Puppy Raiser — for Apple Inc., and a portion of proceeds from its sale will go to Guide Dogs of Texas, which raises and trains guide dogs to visually impaired TeGuide Dogs of Texas, which raises and trains guide dogs to visually impaired TexDogs of Texas, which raises and trains guide dogs to visually impaired Teguide dogs to visually impaired Texdogs to visually impaired Texans.

Guide Dogs of America Director of Development Rhonda Bissell will arrange for you and your counsel to tour the facility and learn how your gift can benefit our program.

It was a fun - filled day including Puppy Trials, Guide Dog Demonstrations, Puppy Kissing Booth, food, raffles, and a fantastic Silent Auction to benefit our program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of chGuide Dog Demonstrations, Puppy Kissing Booth, food, raffles, and a fantastic Silent Auction to benefit our program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of chguide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge.

This fun event in Malden, MA will benefit Guide Dogs of America's program that provides blind and visually impaired... Read more

Seeing all of the dogs — from the puppies - in - training, to the working guide dogs — learning about the program and seeing firsthand how a guide dog changes a person's life.

«We feel good knowing that what we are building now will help to ensure that this incredible program will continue to provide guide dogs, free of charge, to their blind recipients beyond our lifetime.»

The card sales benefit our program that provides blind and visually impaired individuals with guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge.

She comes to us with a background full of rich training experience focused on helping pets overcome unique challenges, from teaching group classes to her most recent work with «career change» dogs through Guide Dogs for the Blind who exit the program to be placed in appropriate non-guide work hodogs through Guide Dogs for the Blind who exit the program to be placed in appropriate non-guide work hoDogs for the Blind who exit the program to be placed in appropriate non-guide work homes.

But many puppies bred to be guide dogs flunk out of training programs.

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The dogs in our breeding program represent the future generations of guide dogs for our organization.

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Our breeding program was established in the mid 1960's, to ensure a reliable resource of quality dogs to train as guide dogs.

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The dogs in our Breeding Program represent the future generations of guide dogs for our organization, and we entrust their health, safety, and well - being to foster volunteers who are dedicated to the Guiding Eyes for the Blind mission.

The veterinary staff provides continuing support to Guiding Eyes graduates and their guide dogs either by coordinating care with veterinarians in the graduate's home town or through a free veterinary care program we offer to graduates within commuting distance of Yorktown Heights or Patterson.

Guide dogs selected for this program receive an additional four months of training and another two months of instruction to address the specific challenges of the Special Needs student they will assist.

The veterinary staff also provides continuing support to Guiding Eyes graduates and their guide dogs either by coordinating care with veterinarians in the graduate's home town or through a free veterinary care program we offer to graduates within commuting distance of Yorktown Heights or Patterson.