Puppy raiser (across Kent)
Guide Dogs
In this role, you will be providing a puppy with a vital foundation for its future role as a guide dog. This is a full-time volunteering opportunity as a puppy will live with you in your home for around 12-16 months.
In this role, you will be providing a puppy with a vital foundation for its future role as a guide dog. This is a full-time volunteering opportunity as a puppy will live with you in your home for around 12-16 months. We rely on volunteers like you to help us improve the lives of people with sight loss. In this role your support will include: • Following Guide Dogs Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) programme, to raise and prepare a puppy to become a guide dog. • Using our guidelines to care for your puppy e.g., providing sufficient exercise. • Familiarising a puppy to a wide range of environments. • Teaching a puppy to be alone by gradually building up from a few minutes to a maximum of 4 hours. • Attending regular puppy classes. • Meeting regularly with Guide Dogs representatives to discuss your pup’s development. • Completing regular on-line questionnaires to help us monitor puppy progress.
Driving (must have full driving license),Animal Care
Talking To Others, Listening, Basic IT skills - internet & email, UK Driving Licence
Ideally you will: • Have time to invest in raising a puppy. • Be physically able to handle large breed dogs (around 25-40kg). • Have your own car or access to a car. • Have your own home or written permission to have a dog in the home. • Have access to a secure area where the puppy could go to the toilet during the day. • Be able to access online content and training materials (you will need your own email address).
Volunteering is a two-way street, so in return for your time you will get; • The satisfaction in knowing you are supporting people with sight loss to live actively, independently, and well. • The challenge and reward of seeing a puppy develop in your home. • The opportunity to learn and develop your understanding in dog body language, learning theory, the human animal bond and the life of a Guide Dog.
You will have the puppy at home with you for 12-16 months
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Role full in certain postcodes, to check your location - please visit out website and enter your postcode to apply for available roles: https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/how-you-can-help/volunteering/
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