Dog Days Woodside

07/12/2025

Nail maintenance is so important! Even if your dog doesn’t need a bath, long nails cause extreme pain and can break down tendons in the feet and cause arthritis. Please call us today to see when you can get your babies in for a nail trim 😊

07/09/2025

07/09/2025

07/08/2025

A big part of training at the Guide Dog Foundation is customization. 🦮

At the Guide Dog Foundation, we don’t believe in one size fits all. Every handler is matched with a dog based on their unique needs, including lifestyle, environment, and even walking pace.

During two weeks of immersive training at our National Headquarters, handlers and their new guide dogs work together under the guidance of our Guide Dog Mobility Instructors. They simulate real-life routines and explore environments from the quiet streets of Long Island to the busy sidewalks of New York City, building confidence and teamwork every step of the way.

VD: A program graduate and her yellow lab guide dog Are pictured together on a train. The handler smiles at the camera while the pup looks towards it.

07/08/2025

Wow!!

07/07/2025

One of the most genuine of Sweden’s dog breeds, the Swedish Vallhund (sometimes known as the “wolf corgi”) is also one of the most accommodating when it comes to tails – they can be long, docked, stub or bobbed. What is regarded as an essential feature of the breed is the characteristic “harness markings” on the coat, bands of lighter color running down the sides from the shoulders. While a Vallhund may be a sable pattern seen in colors of grey through red, those lighter and clearly defined harness markings are essential whatever the dog’s color. In fact, we weren’t able to find a breed standard from any registry that doesn’t mention it.

Image of Vallund puppy already showing its harness markings, from Wikicommons and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

07/07/2025

07/06/2025