The training of a seeing eye dog is rather difficult because a lot of responsibility is placed upon the dog to keep his or her owner safe. Many individuals are in awe of these dogs because of everything that they do. But that is because the training that they have received is quite strenuous and started when they were puppies, which can be as young as eight weeks old. However, they are usually not ready to be assigned to an owner until they are about two years old. This is how long it takes to make sure these dogs are ready to do what it is they need to do to keep their owner safe.

As for the breeds that are commonly used as seeing eye dogs, the Labrador Retriever is a very common breed. These dogs are very good at being seeing eye dogs, but they are also dogs that remain immature for quite some time. That is why these dogs are still considered to be puppies until they are around the age of three. Another breed that is considered to be a very good seeing eye dog is the Golden Retriever. Retriever breeds are great for training because they are intelligent and are genetically predisposed to serve.

The training program

The dogs do receive their standard obedience training as young as 7 or 8 weeks in a foster home. The puppy is taught to obey their owner out of love. This requires that he puppy is trained using positive techniques such as positive reinforcement. This means that intimidation techniques are not used at all. This is because it is important that a seeing eye dog serves his or her owner out of love and not fear of the owner.

After learning obedience through love and not fear, the dog is then sent to a training facility at around 1 or 1