Guide Dogs for the Blind
At Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), we believe that everyone deserves to move through the world safely and confidently—to live the life they want to live. Our passionate community employs innovative practices to create life-changing partnerships. And, we advocate for the policy reforms that change how the world views blindness and disability. Because when everyone is empowered to participate, our communities are stronger. With world-class client services and a robust network of instructors, puppy raisers, donors, and volunteers, we prepare highly qualified guide dogs and K9 Buddy dogs, provide guide dog readiness skills, and offer youth programs to empower individuals who are blind or visually impaired. GDB not only improves mobility for our clients, we further inclusion. As the largest guide dog school in North America, more than 16,000 guide dog teams have graduated from GDB from across the U.S. and Canada since our founding in 1942. All of our services are provided free of charge, including personalized training and ongoing support, plus financial assistance for veterinary care, if needed. Our work is made possible by the generous support of our donors and volunteers; we receive no government funding. Guide Dogs for the Blind is an accredited member of the International Guide Dog Federation. VISION STATEMENT: Guide Dogs for the Blind envisions a world with greater inclusion, opportunity and independence by optimizing the unique capabilities of people and dogs. MISSION STATEMENT: Guide Dogs for the Blind empowers lives through exceptional partnerships between people, dogs and communities.www.guidedogs.com
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Search complete. 21 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Guide Dogs for the Blind".
Sep 15, 2026
Mars SaylorsGUEST
So other finalists, we're in the fundraising category, which is, uh, a very, what's the word, competitive, uh, category.
Mars SaylorsGUEST
We are finalists with Make-A-Wish America, Guide Dogs for the Blind, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, which I...
Mars SaylorsGUEST
Yeah, when I saw the other names on there, I was like, "Whoa." [laughs] You know, a cancer, dogs for the blind, Make-A-Wish.
Mars SaylorsGUEST
Oh my God.
Michael HingsonGUEST
I've had Alamo since February of 2018.
Michael HingsonGUEST
In fact, I consider him a birthday present because we graduated from Guide Dogs for the Blind, where I've gotten all of my guide dogs from.
Michael HingsonGUEST
We graduated on February 24th, which was my birthday.
Paula PantHOST
Before you started working at the World Trade Center, you spent some time walking through and making a, a detailed map.
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Michael HingsonGUEST
In this case, I remember that morning, I, I walked through the parking lots and just took the little elevator up.
Michael HingsonGUEST
But I deliberately would use different routes 'cause I didn't want Roselle to figure out that there was only one way to go.
Michael HingsonGUEST
And there's a story behind that, and that is when I was getting my first guide dog, they were telling us a story about dogs getting into habits, and there was a woman who lived in San Rafael, right near Guide Dogs for the Blind, and every day she would go into San Rafael, and every month she would pay her electric bill on a given day.
Michael HingsonGUEST
Then she would go off and do her business.
Mike HingsonGUEST
I've been a public speaker for 19 years, so jumping ahead a little bit.
Mike HingsonGUEST
Afterward, people started hearing about me because Guide Dogs for the Blind was one of the first places I called since I had a guide dog from there.
Mike HingsonGUEST
And they put out a story and contacted some news media, which led to me being on Larry King Live five times.
Mike HingsonGUEST
the first time of which was on the 14th of September, three days later.
Mike HingsonGUEST
Yeah.
Don RooneyHOST
Roselle helping you down.
Don RooneyHOST
This is something else that you've worked extensively with guide dogs for the blind.
Don RooneyHOST
And you've said that Roselle wasn't
Michael HingsonHOST
She ran off, grabbed her favorite tug bone and started playing tug of war with my retired guide dog, Lenny.
Michael HingsonHOST
And I talked to the veterinarians at Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael the next day.
Michael HingsonHOST
And they said, did anything threaten her? And I said, no, not directly.
Michael HingsonHOST
And they said, well, that's why she ran off because it was over.
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Michael HingsonHOST
Yeah, I haven't been to Pennsylvania either.
Michael HingsonHOST
In 2017, I did make it to the World Trade Center Museum.
Michael HingsonHOST
Well, so we moved out of Westfield and I moved back to California in 2017. late January, beginning of February of 2002 to work for Guide Dogs for the Blind and speak from there and traveled around and speak.
Michael HingsonHOST
Karen was there for a couple more months selling our home.
Michael HingsonHOST
they were having a good old time just playing.
Michael HingsonHOST
When I talked to the veterinarians of Guide Dogs for the Blind the next day, I asked them, what's it going to be like for Roselle going forward? And they asked, did Roselle have anything that specifically threatened her? And I said, no, not really.
Michael HingsonHOST
Because nothing hit her, nothing threatened her in any way, shape or form.
Michael HingsonHOST
And The veterinarian who I spoke with said, well, there you are.
Theresa SternHOST
[upbeat music] Welcome to Central Bark, a podcast from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Theresa SternHOST
I'm Theresa Stern, and I'm your host.
Theresa SternHOST
[upbeat music] Hello, everyone, and welcome to Central Bark.
Theresa SternHOST
I am so looking forward to today's episode.
Theresa SternHOST
I'll be sitting down with Claire Lazito.
Theresa SternHOST
Claire is a guide dog mobility instructor at Guide Dogs for the Blind, and she's gonna talk about what it takes for a guide dog to become ready for formal guide dog training.
Theresa SternHOST
As many of you know, our pups are born on our campuses and then go out to a volunteer puppy raising home for a year.
Theresa SternHOST
During that time, they're learning a lot of really important foundational skills.
Amos MillerGUEST
So I was actually, while I was in the UK, I was on the...
Amos MillerGUEST
I joined the board of trustees of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Amos MillerGUEST
I became chairman for a while and one of the things that we were grappling with is independent mobility for blind people of technology.
Amos MillerGUEST
How is technology going to play a material role in that expedition? And...