Puppy Fosterer

As a Puppy Fosterer you will be providing a puppy with a loving home for a short period of time, which can vary from a couple of days to a couple of months, all whilst giving them the care and support they need for their training.

You will help reinforce their training by supporting their social development, introduce them to new environments and experiences and follow the training guidance provided by our Puppy Development Advisors and the training programme we use called Puppy Raising for Excellent Partnerships (PREP) which is based on positive reinforcement.

You will get the satisfaction in knowing you are directly supporting people with sight loss to live actively, independently and well by helping a puppy develop into a future life-changing guide dog.

Our volunteers receive lots of support from their volunteer managers to help them implement the training modules with their puppy.

Skills

• Ideally you will have enough time to invest in looking after the puppy when they come to stay with you;
• have someone at home who is physically able to handle large breed dogs (around 25 – 40 kg);
• access to a car so that you can get your puppy used to travelling;
• the agreement of your landlord to have a dog in the property if you rent your home;
• a safe secure area outside on gravel or concrete, for your puppy to go to the toilet.

For further information and to apply for this role, please follow this link to our website: https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/how-you-can-help/volunteering/volunteer-with-our-dogs/puppy-fosterer/