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Jon Attenborough and his guide dog Sam made history recently, with Sam becoming the first dog to visit all 42 Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) stadiums.

We’ve partnered with Teemill to create an exclusive range of sustainable clothing and accessories, and the Guide Dogs Teemill store is now open! This is a new way to support our work and shop for gifts for yourself, friends and family.

To celebrate Guide Dogs Puppy Appeal month, ITV’s ‘Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh’ is welcoming a new member to the ‘Love Your Weekend’ family – a guide dog puppy!

As many beaches across the country reopen to dogs this October, pet owners are eagerly preparing for coastal adventures with their four-legged friends. The return of dog-friendly beaches is an ideal opportunity for dogs to explore new environments, run in the sand, and splash in the waves.

Now that generative AI has come onto the scene, more technology is being integrated with AI features, and this includes virtual assistants. The latest upgrade is to the Google Assistant with the introduction of Google Gemini, it’s AI large language model (formerly known as Bard).

As dog owners, we've all noticed those moments when our canine companions seem to sense our mood. Whether we're excited, sad, or anxious, they always seem to know. But how deeply does our emotional state affect them? Guide Dogs’ Tim Stafford takes a look at a fascinating new study by the University of Bristol.

Meet our Eras pups – James, Betty, August, Inez, Red, Marjorie, Clara, Tim, Archer, London and Peter. As Taylor Swift wraps up the European leg of her world tour in London this week, we wanted to celebrate her story-telling with some of our own, so we’ve named a litter of pups from her songs titles, characters and lyrics.

We’re encouraging children to read to dogs this summer to boost their reading confidence after research found 65% of children reported they felt shy reading in front of their peers.