Guide Dog puppies in training, along with their volunteer handlers, embarked on a ferry trip from Alameda to San Francisco's Ferry Building as part of their socialization and training program. The outing exposed the pups to public transportation, crowds, various sights and smells, simulating real-world experiences they'll encounter as guide dogs.
Vanilla, a 5-month-old Labrador Retriever, rests under its puppy trainer and volunteer Emilia Podesta of Guide Dogs for the Blind as they ride the ferry to the San Francisco Ferry building to get used to public transit, crowds, different sites, and smells as part of their training in San Francisco , Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The dogs are trained for 14 months with the puppy trainers, plus four more months with Guide Dogs for the Blind staff.
A spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, the largest guide dog school in North America, said the outing served as a socialization exercise for the pups-in-training on their journey toward becoming guide dogs for people who are blind or visually impaired. Puppy trainers and volunteers for Guide Dogs for the Blind disembarked with Labrador Retrievera after riding the ferry to the San Francisco Ferry terminal in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. They walked along Embarcadero to the Ferry building to get used to public transit, crowds, different sites, and smells as part of their training. The dogs are trained for 14 months with the puppy trainers, plus four more months with Guide Dogs for the Blind staff.
Puppy trainers and volunteers with Labrador Retrievers for Guide Dogs for the Blind walk along the San Francisco Ferry building to get used to public transit, crowds, different sites, and smells as part of their training in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The dogs are trained for 14 months with the puppy trainers, plus four more months with Guide Dogs for the Blind staff. After graduation, the dogs return home with the GDB client they have been paired with.
Fiona Dolan, 2, of Alameda, pats Yogi, a 2-year-old- Golden Retriever service dog, while riding the ferry with puppy trainers and volunteers for Guide Dogs for the Blind, to the San Francisco Ferry terminal in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The trainers and their dogs walked along Embarcadero to the Ferry building to get used to public transit, crowds, different sites, and smells as part of their training.
Vanilla, a 5-month-old Labrador Retriever, gets treats from puppy trainer and volunteer Emilia Podesta of Guide Dogs for the Blind as they walk in the Francisco Ferry building to get used to public transit, crowds, different sites, and smells as part of their training in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. The dogs are trained for 14 months with the puppy trainers, plus four more months with Guide Dogs for the Blind staff.
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