Layla - Working Guide Dog

27/02/2024

23/12/2023

01/11/2023

October was Guide Dogs month! Layla and I went to a primary school, where we did an assembly for the whole school and a separate session with a group of five—year-olds. It was a wonderful morning. Look what they sent us to say thank you! 

17/08/2023

In the park today, we met an eight-month-old guide dog puppy in training. Layla proudly showed him that seven-year-old qualified guide dogs get really muddy in the river, do a lot of barking, and play tug of war with their lead.

05/08/2023

Spot Layla 🧐..... Clue, it's where the bog is 🙈🙈

22/07/2023

We survived another house move!
On Thursday, we went to a local secondary school to talk to a class about Guide Dogs. Layla was allowed off the lead to run around the classroom. She had a great time, licking the students and being the centre of attention! 
This photo is of Layla rolling on her back on the grass. 

04/07/2023

A plea from me;

We went to town today and met auntie Jemma which was lovely, and I was a very good girl according to Mum, even a proper traffic save on the way home as a car came out of a car park and there’s no curb edge there.

However, my work this morning was made much harder by people doing silly things that they probably don’t realise the impact of;
- There was a lady cycling her bike on a narrow footpath. She stopped, and I stopped, but there was no room for us to pass. She then got hysterical about me being too close to her, I think she was probably scared of dogs, but seriously if you’re going to cycle on the footpath and stop in front of me, what do you expect, it’s our right of way!
- For some reason today, lots of people decided to distract me, maybe I was looking extra pretty. Even when I’m standing waiting at the bus stop with my harness on I am still working. And when I’m lying down in a restaurant I’m working really hard to stay calm and quiet so that Mum can enjoy her meal. Please don’t distract me when I’m wearing my harness and if you want to speak to me when I’m not wearing my harness it’s polite to ask my mum first. Mostly she’ll say yes you can say hello, but please don’t take it personally if she says no because she’s only doing this so that I can rest and stay calm and environments that are not natural for us Dogs.
- please don’t stop or park your car over a tactile drop curb crossing. These are essential targets for me and safe crossing points for us. If you do have to stop near one please make sure your engine is off and you aren’t blocking our visibility to other traffic. This morning mum had to drop my handle and Step out into the road to make sure there was no traffic coming round a car parked on the tactile crossing area.

If you could try to help by thinking about the points above and sharing my post, I would be very grateful. Thank you 🐾

30/06/2023

Layla loves her group walks.

13/02/2023

Layla, the leaping labrador.

08/01/2023

A very happy New Year to all of you who follow Layla’s adventures. You will be pleased to know that she is still her lovely,loopy licky self, as evidence by this video of her playing with my sister’s spaniel.
Our big news is that we have relocated to Yorkshire. It means that I am nearer to my family, and that we both have lots of new routes to learn and places to explore. Layla seemed to settle in straight away and knows her way around much better than I do! I can’t believe how clever she is. 
Here’s hoping that we all have a wonderful 2023 and that we take on the year with as much enthusiasm as Layla does!

17/08/2022

Layla looking thoroughly unimpressed about being hosed down after she rolled in blackberries and dead seagull.