Surrogate moms Carli who is a maiden brood delivered her three beautiful puppies on the 20th March. Nandi who has had one litter before, delivered her six gorgeous black puppies on the 10th April. Nandi developed mastitis in her one teat; mastitis describes inflammation of the mammary gland (teat). In most cases, mastitis is caused …
“OP REIS MET MY BESTE VRIEND” / TRAVELLING WITH MY BEST FRIEND –Another special programme on SA Guide-Dogs for the Blind. This new feature programme is the brain-child and dream of well-known actor, film director, producer, and philanthropist, Neels van Jaarsveld, which screened its first episode on 8 April 2023 on Kyknet, DSTV channel 144. …
Guide-Dogs: Finding the Traffic Light Pole Have you ever seen a guide-dog lead their handler to a traffic light pole, and wondered how the dog knew that pole was significant? You may have heard that nowadays we use positive reinforcement to train our dogs. What this means is that we reward our dogs – with …
It’s a close shave! If you have lived your whole adult life with sight, you will know how to brush your teeth, bath and perform other skills of daily living. However, you may need to adapt those tasks if you suddenly no longer have vision. Mr Serape has been shaving every day for many years, …
VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE SOUTHERN CAPE TEST GO GEORGE BUSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES GDA was in the fortunate position to advise the Go George Bus services with making their service assistance dog friendly and accessible. This lead to a very special request to test the bus service and further infrastructure pedestrian crossing upgrades in George. …
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Harmony At each graduation held at our Johannesburg training centre, a class representative will give a little talk about their experience from the past three weeks. At the latest graduation held on 15 April, the class performed a little song for the audience. Whilst training, they discovered that they can all sing and they can …
We would like to welcome Orientation and Mobility Practitioner Mpilwenhle (Mpilo) Banda to our Cape Town team. Mpilo will be providing services to visually impaired clients in the Cape Town area from May 2023. These services include: • Non-cane skills such as human guiding techniquesand trailing• White cane training: techniques and routes• Skills of daily living: …
Withdrawn dog Xylo’s new calling Xylo; a yellow Labrador male was born to mother Storm (GDA bred Labrador) and father Jolt (California USA frozen semen-yellow Labrador) Xylo as a puppy He was one of eleven puppies, five males and six females born on the 13th March 2021. The litter of XY puppies were a delightful …
Cape Town Guide-Dog Graduates 1 April 2023 On 1 April 2023 we set our most recent Cape Town guide-dog graduates off on their new adventures with their handlers. Rex, Scout and Yentl are three yellow Labradors, hardworking and eager-to-please. Our class for these new graduates and their respective handlers started on 19 March 2023, and …
Tea anyone? One of the skills we teach very often is that of using a liquid level indicator. It is a nifty little device that is placed on the side of a cup or glass. When the liquid being poured reaches the metal prong, it beeps and vibrates. This indicates the level at which the …
