64K views · 804 reactions | How to train a guide dog in 3️⃣ stages, brought to you by The Guide Puppy trainer, Michelle  [Video description: Michelle talks to camera while different guide dogs go through the training exercises she mentions] | Guide Dogs UK | Facebook

Guide dogs are trained to safely guide their handlers around obstacles on the ground and above! They navigate paths, avoiding anything that could block or trip their handler and even scanning for overhead hazards.Curious about how guide dogs work? Drop your questions in the comments below! 🦮 The video shows a female black lab, Petunia, guiding her handler, Audrey, around a makeshift obstacle on the back squares of the Guide Dog Foundation’s National Headquarters. Petunia walks up to the obstacl

2.1K reactions · 90 shares | Guide dogs = navigation pros  VD: The video shows Matthew, a Guide Dog Foundation graduate, walking on a sidewalk with his guide dog Taki, a yellow Labrador Retriever. They come to a row of orange cones blocking their path. Taki stops just before the cones. Matthew feels with his foot to locate the obstacle, then gives a cue. Taki guides them around the cones and they continue walking. | Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind | Facebook