Guide dogs visit National Railway Museum, York, for training

A group of the puppies – including Miles, Dasher and Foxy – were invited the National Railway Museum.

The animals toured various exhibits across the museum, and even explored the inside of a 1960s Japanese bullet train.

Guide dog puppy Foxy at the National Railway Museum (Image: Guide Dogs)

Each pup was accompanied by their volunteer puppy raiser, who looks after them until they are just over a year old, before they move to a Guide Dogs centre to start their formal training.

The volunteers teach the puppies basic commands and help them get used to different environments.

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Lucy Cooper, Guide Dogs’ puppy development supervisor for North Yorkshire, said: “We’d like to say a big thank you to the National Railway Museum for allowing our guide dog puppies to visit.

“As our pups grow and develop, it’s really important that they are exposed to different sights and sounds, so they grow up to become happy and confident guide dogs.

“The museum provided a fantastic, sensory environment for our puppies to explore and practise their settling skills.”

Guide Dogs is recruiting for more volunteer puppy raisers across York and North Yorkshire. 

For more information and to apply, visit www.guidedogs.org.uk/puppyraiser or call 0800 781 1444.