By Bill Thornton CEO, BC & Alberta Guide Dogs Literally, not a minute of the 24-hour clock goes by where someone is not volunteering on behalf of the Organization. On behalf of Linda and I and our entire professional staff, I would like to take this opportunity to thank each…
Here’s a chance to have fun and support Alberta Guide Dogs at the Calgary Scotiabank Marathon Charity Challenge on Sunday, May 27. Join Alberta Guide Dogs and walk the 5 km route with our team, including our puppies-in-training. Each fundraiser who raises more than $250 in donations will receive a…
There are a lot of Alberta children who could teach adults a thing or two about how to act around Guide Dogs. That’s because Alberta Guide Dogs is routinely visiting elementary school classrooms and making students more aware of Guide Dogs and how they help individuals who are blind or…
Compared to other volunteer jobs, being a puppy trainer for BC & Alberta Guide Dogs doesn’t get much better. And right now there’s a shortage of puppy trainers, especially on Vancouver Island. Currently, the Vancouver Island branch of BC Guide Dogs is raising and training 17 puppies. That number will…
Erika Schwuchow joined the BC & Alberta Guide Dogs team as a Guide Dog Mobility Apprentice Instructor and has previously worked with animals as a Certified Veterinary Assistant and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the International Academy of Canine Trainers. Erika spent many years volunteering in her community…
An overnight snowfall didn’t stop this year’s RunGo Dash for Dogs fun run in Stanley Park. Nor did it stop almost 100 participants from attending the event, even though the run portion was officially canceled. As much as six inches of snow fell the night before at Brockton Oval in…
BC & Alberta Guide Dogs needs volunteers to help raise puppies on Vancouver Island that will become life-changing dogs for individuals who are blind/visually impaired and children with autism. Our puppies live with volunteer families from 8 weeks of age until they start advanced training. All food and vet costs…
By Matthias Lenz BC&AGD Puppy Training Supervisor One perk of my job as our Puppy Training Supervisor is that it never boring and it’s never the same. Case in point, was last week when I was confused for a blind or visually-impaired man with a guide dog. As a trainer,…
Give your ‘Fur’ever Valentine a Puppy Sponsorship through BC & Alberta Guide Dogs. By gifting a sponsorship, you will be helping us raise and professionally train puppies to become Guide Dogs for the visually impaired and blind and Autism Support Dogs for children with profound autism. Your Valentine will also…
Children’s book author Kaye Liao Banez is donating $2 to B.C. and Alberta Guide Dogs from each purchase of her new book See Yah in the Morning. The book was inspired by her son, who has autism. She hopes the book will help young children develop communication skills. Kaye has…