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Summer Heat and Your Dog

6 Ways to Keep Your Dog Safe in the Summer Heat How Do Heat and Humidity Affect Dogs? Summer is here! As the temperatures rise, it is important to monitor your dog’s health and behavior. Take time to think about your dog’s safety. Sunshine, warmth, and fun times with furry friends are all great. But...

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Respect the Harness: Guide Dog Etiquette

Top 12 Tips for Proper Guide Dog Etiquette When navigating with a guide dog, a person with a visual impairment relies on the dog to avoid obstacles, stop for curbs and crossings, find objects such as doors, exits, and stairs, and generally, help the person arrive safely to their destination. A working dog is alert...

Lessons from my Service Dog, Blue

After four years together with Blue, I still marvel at our relationship. It is too trite to say we are simply companions; it is much more profound. There is a depth to his gaze that is hard to fathom. He is not merely looking at me but radiates a sense of calm. And in that...

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How to Become a Guide Dog Instructor

A guide dog instructor takes a break from training to give the guide dog a head scratch At Southeastern Guide Dogs, most of our guide dog instructors begin their careers here as canine care technicians, taking care of dogs that are training on our campus. This entry-level position requires a love of dogs as well...

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Meet Pip, the Puppy Behind the Film

Pip. Four small paws. One big dream. And YOU! In October 2018 we launched our exciting animated short film, Pip, a heartwarming tale about a small dog with a big dream—to become an elite guide dog. (If you missed it, watch it here.) Here at Southeastern Guide Dogs, our own big dream was to get…

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Meet Service Dog Class 299

Congratulations Class #299! Join us in congratulating Service Dog Class #299, a group of seasoned veterans who know what it is to persevere. They’ve worked hard to overcome doubts and fears. They’ve succeeded in bonding with their service dogs and each other. Now, they’ve headed home with new feelings of pride and accomplishment—and new best…

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Millie’s Miracles, by Yvonne Sica

It is 2013. The neurologist’s office is cold and my granddaughter is small. Millie is three and has no appetite. She sleeps 16 hours a day. Her lethargy stumps her pediatrician; they send us here. We wait. Millie squeezes her doll and I squeeze Millie. The neurologist arrives, MRI in hand, and the words hit…

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Meet Guide Dog Class 298

Congratulations, Guide Dog Class #298! Six unique students overcame significant obstacles to become part of the graduating class that recently completed their training. Four met with their first-ever guide dogs, while two returning students matched with successor dogs. All were thrilled with the tight bonds they formed during three weeks of training. Now, they look…

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Meet Grant!

Gregarious Grant loves his siblings and his humans, too. This guy has places to go, people to see, and stuff to sniff. Good boy, Grant! Someday, you’ll go far! Every guide dog and service dog starts out as an adorable puppy. When you sponsor a puppy like Grant for just $19 a month, you can…

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