they re his toys. there you go, you get a big boy lead now. bye bye, sweetheart. many guide dog users stay in touch with their puppy raisers. but many do not. thanks a lot. i ll ring you tomorrow. lisa knows this could be the last time she sees fergal. yeah, i m fine. it s hard, but you ve got to remember why you re doing it. guide dogs say they need more volunteers like lisa to help cut waiting times. people like us are needed so much to help people like you. the tears are worth it. that was lisa, a guide dogs volunteer, who spent the past year training little archie. he s now off to a new home where he ll be able to assist a visually impaired person like our reporter sean dilley. that is it from us for now. thank you for your company over the last
so the reason that we use hand touch is so when archie is placed with a visually impaired person, obviously they can t see when he s running back, when he s coming. so they can pop out this hand as a target. and archie s getting his head around some things he may need to quit if he s to win a working harness. he ll have to learn what this is for. lisa s is one of more than 2000 households giving their time for free to help raise guide dog puppies for around a year. it s opened up a whole new world. i ve met lots of new friends, ifeel part of a community that i wasn t before. not only that, obviously you re doing something very good at the end of the day. it s all around really rewarding. soon we ll follow lisa as she hands herfirst puppy, fergall, into guide dogs for his advanced training. what are the emotions that are going through your head today?
the charity guide dogs had to put its breeding programme on hold. it led to a shortage of volunteers to train puppies. well, now the charity wants to recruit more people to ensure that those who need a guide dog can be matched with one. average waiting times for a new dog are 15 months. our correspondent sean dilley has been told he ll have to wait two years for his own guide dog and sean has this report. are you my little star? meet archie. ..and his puppy raiser, lisa. archie? touch! they re learning what makes a good guide dog. good boy. so the reason that we use hand touch is so when archie is placed with a visually impaired person, obviously they can t see when he s running back, when he s coming. so they can pop out this hand as a target. and archie s getting his head around some things he may need to quit if he s to win a working harness. he ll have to learn what this is for. lisa s is one of more than 2000
households giving their time for free to help raise guide dog puppies for around a year. it s opened up a whole new world. i ve made lots of new friends, ifeel part of a community that i wasn t before. not only that, obviously you re doing something very good at the end of the day. it s all around really rewarding. soon we ll follow lisa as she hands herfirst puppy, fergall, into guide dogs for his advanced training. what are the emotions that are going through your head today? if i m honest, i d say proud. i think that s my biggest one. so proud of what i ve done. really proud of him! lisa hopes that both of her dogs will give somebody their independence. i honestly think they are doing their absolute best. like me, kelly is waiting to train with a new guide dog. that means getting out is a lot harder. walking with a cane is like walking with one hand tied behind your back. it is really, really difficult. kelly s second dog, river, retired lastjuly. she s waiting for the right match.
bye bye, sweetheart. many guide dog users stay in touch with their puppy raisers. but many do not. thanks a lot. i ll ring you tomorrow. lisa knows this could be the last time she sees fergal. yeah, i m fine. it s hard, but you ve got to remember why you re doing it. guide dogs say they need more volunteers like lisa to help cut waiting times. people like us are needed so much to help people like you. the tears are worth it. that was lisa, a guide dogs volunteer, who spent the past year training little archie. he s now off to a new home where he ll be able to assist a visually impaired person like our reporter sean dilley. now it s time for a look