Blog posts in 2023
Blog Post Teasers
![Kristen Ingalz sits next to her guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Kristen-Ingalz-and-Bestie2-Photo-Credit_-Guide-Dogs-for-the-Blind.jpg)
A Transformational Journey
Blog Post Date: Dec 17, 2023
![Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Byosiere kneels next to a black Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Sarah-Elizabeth-Byosiere-1.jpg)
Guide Dogs for the Blind Canine Research Program
Blog Post Date: Dec 12, 2023
![Mary-Ann kneels on a path by the Bay between a yellow Lab and a black Lab](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Mary-Ann-Sorich-1.jpg)
‘Tis the Season: Warm Hearts Meet Wet Noses
Blog Post Date: Dec 07, 2023
Categories: Donor Profile, GDB Community, GDB Volunteers
![Dr. Kate Kuzminski kneeling next to a yellow Lab on a green grass with trees in the background.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Kate-Kuzminski.jpg)
![Three guide dog mobility instructors crossing a street with guide dogs in training.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Careers-Section/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Benefits.jpg)
Guide Dog Training: Focus on the Phases
Blog Post Date: Nov 21, 2023
![A Golden Retriever guide dog works around an obstacle on a sidewalk.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Puppy-Raising-Guidebook/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Training.jpg)
Focus on the Phases: Guide Dog Training Part Five
Blog Post Date: Oct 19, 2023
![GDB instructor walks with a Golden Retriever guide dog in training.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Cathie-Laber-3.9.21-14.jpg)
Focus on the Phases: Guide Dog Training Part Four
Blog Post Date: Oct 12, 2023
![A composite photo of Cheri at the beach smiling with her yellow Lab guide dog and Derek smiling while sitting on a couch next to his black Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Cheri-and-Derek.jpg)
Client Corner: Cheri Owen talks with Derek Daniel
Blog Post Date: Oct 11, 2023
Categories: GDB Alumni, GDB Community, Just for Fun
![Four guide dog puppy raisers holding pups pose in front of a Seattle city bus that has been wrapped with GDB images.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Seattle-Transit-Outing-2023-13.jpg)
Sweetness in Seattle
Blog Post Date: Oct 09, 2023
![This image displays three views of the same photo featuring a yellow Lab and a black Lab puppy seated side by side. The first frame is obscured in the center to demonstrate central vision loss. The second is obscured around the periphery to demonstrate tunnel vision, and the third is blurred with sporadic obstructions to demonstrate spotted or blurred vision.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Header-Banner-for-Blog.png)
Blindness Awareness Month: Types of Vision Loss
Blog Post Date: Oct 08, 2023
Categories: Access & Etiquette, GDB Community, Blindness Awareness
![A GDB staff member teaches a yellow Lab guide dog in training how to travel on an escalator in a mall.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Escalator-Training-9.jpg)
Focus on the Phases: Guide Dog Training Part Three
Blog Post Date: Oct 06, 2023
Categories: Dog Care & Health, Guide Dog Training
![GDB instructor crosses a city street with a yellow Lab guide dog in training.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Joey-Foat-3.9.21-18.jpg)
Focus on the Phases: Guide Dog Training Part Two
Blog Post Date: Sep 28, 2023
Categories: Dog Care & Health, Guide Dog Training
![GDB staff play with guide dogs in training in the community run. Dogs climb, play with bones, and get snuggles.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/CWTT-Activities_2022-05.12-84.jpg)
Focus on the Phases: Guide Dog Training Part One
Blog Post Date: Sep 21, 2023
Categories: Dog Care & Health, Guide Dog Training
![Larry Bowman (far right) poses with his wife and two children with guide dog puppy Sandra in front of a sign with Guide Dogs for the Blind's logo.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Family-with-Sandra.jpg)
Hybrid Puppy Raising Volunteer Opportunity
Blog Post Date: Sep 19, 2023
![Nurse Debbie Knapp takes a client's blood pressure during an intake exam. They are stated in the on-site nursing office.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/P04-05_Debbie-1.jpg)
Meet our Nursing Staff
Blog Post Date: Sep 18, 2023
Categories: GDB Careers, GDB Staff Profile, Guide Dog Training
![Ever Arreola kneels beside his yellow Lab guide dog, Falante, in front of the SF Bay.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Ever-Arreola-and-Falante-02.jpg)
An Inside Look at GDB’s Support Center
Blog Post Date: Sep 16, 2023
Categories: GDB Alumni, GDB Community
![Judy sits on a bench with her around around her yellow Lab guide dog Rosie.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Judy-and-guide-dog.jpg)
Couple's Gift for a Lifetime of Gratitude
Blog Post Date: Sep 11, 2023
Categories: Donor Profile, GDB Alumni, Legacy Society
![A smiling young woman kneels next to a smiling yellow Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/CCC-2023_Amy.jpg)
Making Connections
Blog Post Date: Sep 05, 2023
![Three guide dogs](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/gdb-assets/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/CH22-Placeholder.jpg)
National Guide Dog Month
Blog Post Date: Sep 01, 2023
Categories: GDB Community, GDB Volunteers, Just for Fun
![Carina confidently walks down a path with her yellow Lab guide dog](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Carina-walking.jpg)
GDB Client Cooks Up Culinary Wonders
Blog Post Date: Aug 08, 2023
![Guide Dog Mobility Instructor Christina Cherry kneels next to a yellow Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Christina-Cherry-web.jpg)
Meet GDB's Newest Qualified Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, Christina Cherry
Blog Post Date: Aug 07, 2023
Categories: GDB Careers
![Brian kneels behind his yellow Lab guide dog with the Washington Monument in the background](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Brian-and-Mannix-by-Wash-Monument-2.jpg)
Guide Dog Empowers Client to Pursue His Dreams
Blog Post Date: Aug 06, 2023
Categories: Fundraising, GDB Alumni, Just for Fun
![Meagan Foertsch with a yellow Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Meagan.jpeg)
Congratulations Meagan Foertsch!
Blog Post Date: Jul 31, 2023
![Jayna gets a kiss on the cheek from her K9 Buddy, Golden Retriever Kendo.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Jayna-and-Kendo.jpg)
K9 Buddy Program Continues to Expand and Enrich Lives
Blog Post Date: Jul 05, 2023
![A yellow Lab guide dog puppy sits with a series look on their face. The American flag waves gently behind them.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/292113478_342865004698241_3207896900492884982_n.jpg)
![A teenager gets introduced to a black Labrador Retriever by a member of Guide Dogs for the Blind's Training Department staff.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Workshop-1.jpg)
Youth Programs Help Students Explore Life with a Guide Dog
Blog Post Date: Jun 28, 2023
![Kim stands on stage smiling with her yellow lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Kim.jpg)
Meet GDB Client and Storyteller Kim Kilpatrick
Blog Post Date: Jun 27, 2023
Categories: GDB Alumni, GDB Community
![Workshop attendees are seated together in front of the GDB sign on a sunny day. Some attendees hold their white canes in front of them. All are smiling at the camera.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Accessibility-Awareness-Day-photo.jpg)
How to Make Your Digital Spaces More Inclusive and Accessible
Blog Post Date: Jun 05, 2023
Categories: Access & Etiquette, Advocacy, GDB Community
![A man with a black Lab K9 Buddy dog](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/K9B-Shakespeare.jpg)
K9 Buddy Dog, Shakespeare, is a Poetic Match for GDB Client
Blog Post Date: May 15, 2023
Categories: K9 Buddy
![Four dogs in arow: a yellow Lab guide dog puppy, a Golden Retriever breeder dog, a black Lab K9 Buddy, and a yellow Lab guide dog.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Pupdates-photo-for-blog-story.jpg)
New Pupdates Website Follows Pups’ Journeys
Blog Post Date: May 10, 2023
Categories: GDB Community, GDB Volunteers, Puppy Raising
![Joan and her black Lab guide dog with two friends stand next to a wooden statue of St. James on the Camino](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Joan-and-friends-near-statue-on-the-Camino-sm.jpg)
Radical Trust: Walking the Camino de Santiago
Blog Post Date: Apr 11, 2023
Categories: GDB Alumni, Just for Fun
![Group photo of GDB puppy raising volunteers with guide dog puppies in training in a theater rotunda.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/GDB-Puppy-Outing_OBT-2023-1.jpg)
GDB and Oregon Ballet Theater: A Delightful Paw-de-Deux
Blog Post Date: Apr 08, 2023
![Children hunt for colorful, tactile, beeping eggs on a green lawn.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/267990/IMG_5844.jpg)
GDB Hosts LightHouse-SF Little Learners Beeping Egg Hunt
Blog Post Date: Mar 27, 2023
![Jessica kneels beside a yellow Lab guide dog. She is wearing a blindfold flipped up on her head and both look smiling into the camera.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Jessica-Shockley.png)
Introducing GDB's newest guide dog mobility instructor, Jessica Shockley
Blog Post Date: Feb 16, 2023
Categories: GDB Community, GDB Staff Profile
![A trio of guide dog puppies sit at the media table for the UC Santa Barbara athletics department; a Gauchos logo is on the wall behind the table.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/UCSB-web-5.jpg)
![A group photo of people and puppies on the tarmac in front of an Alaska Airlines plane.](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Burbank-Airport-Outing-2023-61.jpeg)
![Tony sits with his arm around his Golden Retriever guide dog, Jagger](https://www.guidedogs.com/uploads/images/Blog/_600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Anthony-Lewis-and-Jagger-4-sm.jpg)
Fate Brings GDB Client and Guide Dog Together
Blog Post Date: Jan 10, 2023
Categories: GDB Alumni, GDB Community