- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Aw, what happened the the labbydoodles' mum? Liz looks very happy with the additions!
Guide Dogs and Puppies
- Thread starter Boogie
- Start date
Boogie
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- Location
- Manchester UK
Their Mum is fine - but she had 11 pups so she could easily spare three!
She’s a standard poodle called Tiana and these are the names of her pups.
1. Bunty (girl)
2. Benji (boy)
3. Barnie (boy)
4. Berry (girl)
5. Bumble (girl)
6. Bobbi (girl)
7. Bodie (boy)
8. Bronte (girl)
9. Badger (boy)
10. Beattie (girl)
11. Bella (girl)
Here she is -
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Naw that's what we were going to call Ella, before she ended up being a girl
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Six week old GD pups with their puppy carer 
Lots of happy puppy walkers next week - I’m a little jealous!
Lots of happy puppy walkers next week - I’m a little jealous!
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Awwwww! The cheeky look on his/her face! He/she is going to be a handful methinks
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Beautiful Echo - my friend’s GD puppy and Keir’s friend has been withdrawn due to ‘low willingness’ (this can happen with GRs, they can be very capable but selective as to when they want to work). She’s just a week younger than Keir.
The good news is that they are having her back as their forever pet. She really is a gorgeous and loving girl.
The good news is that they are having her back as their forever pet. She really is a gorgeous and loving girl.
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
A beautiful kind face xx
- Location
- Close to Devon/Somerset border
Aww, that beautiful girl. How awful that she has been marked as 'not good enough' Thank goodness the dogs don't know they have been rejected. I know it has to be thus, but so sad.
Also, great that her puppy people are keeping her.
Also, great that her puppy people are keeping her.
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Not rejected - withdrawn. Some dogs choose not to work and to be dogs of leisure.
Mind you - her people are keen fundraisers so I’m sure she’ll earn her living by batting her eye lashes and raising lots of money!
Mind you - her people are keen fundraisers so I’m sure she’ll earn her living by batting her eye lashes and raising lots of money!
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
That is good news, she can stay with her family and as you say, will be a very good fund raiser.
Candy
Biscuit Tin Guardian
- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
Oh my goodness! I would so much want to keep a sweetheart dog like that! It's good news that they can.
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
I don’t think so, Echo is puppy number six and they are in their 70s so I think the workload would be too much for them. He’s just had two new knees.
I’ll still see Echo - we have a free run followed by coffee in a cafe for all the local puppy walkers once a month. A couple of withdrawn dogs attend and I’m sure Echo will to. She’s delightful ( nearly as delightful as Keir
)..
- Location
- Close to Devon/Somerset border
Yes, of course. My post sounded critical, using 'rejected'. I apologise, I most certainly didn't mean to imply any fault to the puppy walkers or trainers. I have nothing but huge admiration and respect for what you all do.Not rejected - withdrawn. Some dogs choose not to work and to be dogs of leisure.
Mind you - her people are keen fundraisers so I’m sure she’ll earn her living by batting her eye lashes and raising lots of money!
A classic case of fingers ahead of brain
Atemas
UK Tour Guide
- Location
- North Cambridgeshire
Echo is gorgeous 
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
It's such a hard journey for dogs and PWs. Not surprised Mags.
- Location
- Isle of Man
It's brilliant the the dog can "decide" not to work. She's a beauty - enjoy your leisure Echo.
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Two lovely Guide dogs at rest. From my FB group. (Shared with permission).
“Just thought I'd share a photo from my social afternoon with a friend and fellow GDO.
Here are our two gorgeous guide dog girlies at rest, off harness and delighting in each other's company just as we are. Photo shows Elsa, pale petite lab/ret lying next to Enya, large black lab/ret. Both furladies are staring right at the camera with very contented faces, tongues hanging out and sparkly brown eyes.”
All photos are described because, of course, their owners can’t see them. Interestingly they still use a lot of photos. They use apps like BeSpecular to describe the photos and to be sure they are showing a photo of what they think they took.
I’m a volunteer describer on BeSpecular - it’s interesting (usually what clothes suit them or food packet instructions, but plenty of other stuff too)
“Just thought I'd share a photo from my social afternoon with a friend and fellow GDO.
Here are our two gorgeous guide dog girlies at rest, off harness and delighting in each other's company just as we are. Photo shows Elsa, pale petite lab/ret lying next to Enya, large black lab/ret. Both furladies are staring right at the camera with very contented faces, tongues hanging out and sparkly brown eyes.”
All photos are described because, of course, their owners can’t see them. Interestingly they still use a lot of photos. They use apps like BeSpecular to describe the photos and to be sure they are showing a photo of what they think they took.
I’m a volunteer describer on BeSpecular - it’s interesting (usually what clothes suit them or food packet instructions, but plenty of other stuff too)
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
Wow!
“My Guide Dog did me proud today. He normally sees obstacles from quite far away and makes a decision on how he will navigate it before we get there. I just go with his judgment mostly because he’s usually right. Today though, he went to go around what I assumed was a car on the pavement. He swerved onto the grass verge which is preferable to going onto the road. Just as I had stepped onto the grass, he suddenly stopped. He then did something he has never done before. He literally walked backwards! He didn’t turn, just reversed. He then decided that the road way round the car was the best way to go. To me, the grass seemed plenty wide enough for us both and I didn’t get a feeling of a fence nearby.
I just went with him on the way there because I wanted to fix the route in my head, but I decided to check it out on the way back.
We found the school (I had been there on Monday with him by car) and he strolled up to the building and touched the door with his nose. GOOD BOY!
On the way back, we found the car again and he didn’t even try the grass this time. I dropped the harness handle and got my cane out of my bag. I felt my way with the cane onto the edge of the grass and he deliberately got in front of me. He was trying to block me moving forward. The grass and weeds were quite overgrown so I stayed behind him but pushed out my cane on the ground. Guess what I found! I found one of those big concrete drain covers about the size of a bath. Next to it was the drain, completely open and uncovered! If I had been walking just with my cane, I may have missed the drain cover and gone straight down the hole.
I used the maps app to tell me exactly where I was and then phoned up Highways to report it. There are several schools in the area and I had visions of a little kid falling in the hole. I explained to highways that my guide dog had found the hole.
I was nearly back to town and a van with orange lights stopped by me. The man put his head out of the window to let me know that they had just put the cover on and he thanked me for letting them know.
Today was a good day. He got a pigs ear when we got home.”
“My Guide Dog did me proud today. He normally sees obstacles from quite far away and makes a decision on how he will navigate it before we get there. I just go with his judgment mostly because he’s usually right. Today though, he went to go around what I assumed was a car on the pavement. He swerved onto the grass verge which is preferable to going onto the road. Just as I had stepped onto the grass, he suddenly stopped. He then did something he has never done before. He literally walked backwards! He didn’t turn, just reversed. He then decided that the road way round the car was the best way to go. To me, the grass seemed plenty wide enough for us both and I didn’t get a feeling of a fence nearby.
I just went with him on the way there because I wanted to fix the route in my head, but I decided to check it out on the way back.
We found the school (I had been there on Monday with him by car) and he strolled up to the building and touched the door with his nose. GOOD BOY!
On the way back, we found the car again and he didn’t even try the grass this time. I dropped the harness handle and got my cane out of my bag. I felt my way with the cane onto the edge of the grass and he deliberately got in front of me. He was trying to block me moving forward. The grass and weeds were quite overgrown so I stayed behind him but pushed out my cane on the ground. Guess what I found! I found one of those big concrete drain covers about the size of a bath. Next to it was the drain, completely open and uncovered! If I had been walking just with my cane, I may have missed the drain cover and gone straight down the hole.
I used the maps app to tell me exactly where I was and then phoned up Highways to report it. There are several schools in the area and I had visions of a little kid falling in the hole. I explained to highways that my guide dog had found the hole.
I was nearly back to town and a van with orange lights stopped by me. The man put his head out of the window to let me know that they had just put the cover on and he thanked me for letting them know.
Today was a good day. He got a pigs ear when we got home.”