A guide dog is a blind person's eyes. It helps a blind person do things and go to different places.
Guide dog puppies live with families. The families take the puppies to stores, schools, and other places. They teach the puppies to sit down and stand up. Then the puppies go to school.Trainersteach the dogs to do more things there. The dogs learn to go right and left. Next the dogs learn to wear harnesses. The harnesses fit over and around the dogs' bodies. The harnesses have stiff metal handles on the top. The blind people hold the handles. It helps them know which way the dogs are walking.
When guide dogs finish school, they are ready to help. The dogs will help their owners go to school or work. They will help their owners get on and off the bus. They will lead their owners around things in the way. They will guide their owners across the busy streets.
The owner and a guide dog become a team. Blind people will not feel lonely any more. They always have their best friends with them.
