Officer Avila pets guide dogs in training at the Mission police station on Aug. 3, 2024. Photo by Abigail Van Neely. BART passengers finally had something to smile about last weekend, when a dozen ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — 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-month-old yellow lab Metzi ...

A guide dog can give someone their freedom, explains puppy raiser Wendy Hackles, who shares how she became a volunteer ...

It's a whole new definition of lab partner. Students and teachers at Scotts Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield, Conn. are taking a unique approach to learning, one that lets students raise guide dog ...

Floppy ears, big eyes, tender paws and earnest faces—puppies evoke an instant cuddle response in humans. But they can also change lives. That's the case for Katie McCoy, 33. Born with a genetic eye ...

Want to raise a guide dog? Guide Dogs for the Blind is looking for temporary homes for about two dozen puppies that will be placed with Portland-area families in mid-May. Volunteer puppy raisers ...

The Guide Dogs is celebrating its biggest litter in three years – a rare 13 puppies, aptly nicknamed the 'Baker's Dozen'. Four-year-old Golden Retriever-Labrador cross Yori welcomed her litter at home ...

A recent graduation at Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD) held special sentiment to leaders of the Auen Foundation, which has supported the nonprofit organization for more than a decade. This particular ...

Guide dogs are specially trained dogs used by people with vision loss. These canines help blind people travel safely from one place to another. They're excellent at helping a blind person avoid ...