A yellow Labrador Retriever wearing a neon yellow service vest walks on a manicured lawn in front of a grand historic building, guided by its handler.

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23 June 2021

Career Guidance FAQs

Guide Dog training is a very specialised field. There are no ‘set-in-stone’ qualifications that are required before applying to become a Guide/Assistance Dog trainer but there are guidelines to make your application stand out.

Halloween - a dangerous time for animals

Most dogs will cope with a degree of stress in their lives. Sometimes however a dog will have an experience that goes beyond that, such as a firework exploding too close to it.