Only after intensive training and study does a Boulder puppy grow to be a guide dog. The inter-dependence of the guide dog and it’s sight impaired person is something that those of us fortunate enough to have good vision will never experience. While we are close to  our pets, we don’t rely upon them to literally lead us through life. Training a seeing eye dog, also known as a guide dog, is a process that involves several stages and requires a combination of patience, dedication, and specialized skills. The primary goal of this training is to prepare the dog to safely guide... Read More

Seeing Eye-dogs, or guide dogs, have always fascinated me, and I suspect have also fascinated many of my fellow Boulderites. Their work seems impossible. The training is inconceivable. All in all, while the end result is wonderful, it is quite obvious that this is all fiction. It is of course IMPOSSIBLE to really train a dog to do what a guide dog for a sight impaired person would have to do. There is of course one rather barking problem. Guide dogs DO exist. Seeing Eye-dogs actually exist, really do their job, and as a working dog group goes, belongs to one of the most impressive of the workers. Seeing... Read More