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Puppy Walking

Published: 02/03/2010 Updated: 02/03/2010
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Puppy Walking

When We Need You

From 02/03/2010 onwards

About Opportunity

Puppy walkers give their pups a firm foundation for later training and life with a blind or visually impaired person. A puppy is taken into a volunteer puppy walker’s home for just over a year and gets it used to the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Criteria to be considered for this role: you must be at home most of the day as puppy walking is a full-time commitment, be over 18 years old, If you have children they should be over the age of 3, accommodation must be on ground floor with no more than two steps up to the door and the home must have direct access to a secure private garden/yard, pet dogs must have a suitable temperament, you must have daily access to car travel. The puppy must be taken on daily routine trips and you must be willing to develop a puppy as per the associations guidelines. Guide Dogs provide food and meets vets bills.

Availability

Flexible

About Guide Dogs for the Blind

To provide guide dogs and other rehabilitation services that meets the needs of the blind and partially sighted people. Guide dogs want a world in which all people who are blind and partially sighted to enjoy the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as everyone else

Skills & Experience

patience, committement, flexibility, good people skills

Travel Details

Home based pup would be socialised locally.

Requirements

Application Form, Induction/Training, Informal Chat, Interview, Other, References

Training and Induction Details

We will carry out full induction and ongoing training and support into caring, socialising, behavioural for pup

Work Type

Homebased Volunteering

Client Group

Animals

Expenses Detail

n/a

Accessibility Details

No Wheelchair Access
No Disabled Toilet

Frequency & Commitment

full time committment as the pup is with you everyday, evening and night for just over a year

Minimum Age

Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.

Volunteers Required

10

Reference Code

68-540

Opportunity Provided By

Volunteer Centre Argyll and Bute

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Contact Details


30 West King Street
G84 8EB


Contact: Volunteer Centre Argyll and Bute
Tel: 0
Email: helens.abvc@fsmail.net
Website: http://www.volunteerargyl...

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