On Thursday, July 4th, Steve Vandermey, a resident of New Westminster, graduated as a Guide Dog team with his new canine partner, Kinta! The pair completed their training after three weeks of working with Mobility Guide Dog Instructor Nick Toni and Apprentice Instructor Kelsi Manton. BC & Alberta Guide Dogs…
TESTIMONY BY ED & GUIDE DOG ANNIE I have been blind since birth. I was born 6 weeks prematurely and put into an incubator with oxygen-rich air which impacted my optic nerves. My mother never accepted my blindness as an excuse, and I learned to survive in a sighted world.…
We are delighted to announce that at BC & Alberta Guide Dogs’ Annual General Meeting on December 4, 2017, three new members were elected to the Board of Directors – Linda Reid, MLA (Chair), Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, PC, QC (Treasurer) and Kelly Guichon (Director). Linda Reid is the MLA…
In honour of International Guide Dog Day, we are launching our movie, Birth to Retirement: Full Circle of a Guide Dog. The movie follows a BC & Alberta Guide Dogs Team, Rosamund and Guide Dog Rory and shows how our dogs are bred, raised and trained to become life-changing dogs.…