Zenith in Action | Watching my Guide Dog Work
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2019
- In today's video I show my guide dog Zenith performing his most common tasks. He is a Seeing Eye dog, and he does things like alerting me to steps and curbs, locating entrances and exits, and walking me around obstacles. I hope you enjoy getting to watch him do his job!
I love his little shoes 😩
TheForestFamily - My service dog has booties that she wears sometimes. The last time was in Las Vegas when it was 114*F!! It was super crowded on the streets and it took us forever to get anywhere because every other person had to stop in our way and comment on her 'shoes'. I joked with my husband that I wanted to print up a doggie-shirt or bandana that said something like, "Quit checking out my booties - my eyes are up here!" but he put the kibosh on that one explaining that it's 'inappropriate' and that we are always trying to discourage people from making eye contact with the dog so it was counterproductive. :)
@@mavisme4645 ikr. That's why I'm hesitant about my SD wearing shoes but its literally how as hell here in Florida
Oh my gosh I didn't even see that I'm in love
Yesss me too🥰🥰
@@mavisme4645 how much is that in C*
I am always deeply moved when I see a guide dog, a blind person being guided by a dog. For years I never understood why I felt such awe even sometimes to the point of eyes moist with tears. Then, one day I realized -- it's the *trust*. This human is entrusting her (or his) safety to this dog, and the dog is living up to that trust. Incredibly moving! If only all of life -- all relationships -- could be like that!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful relationship with this amazing dog, and showing us how trust works.
Yeah, I teared up and didn't know why as well
I’d much rather put my trust in my guide dog than ppl tbh lol.
@BuwBuw _ First off shes filming and is focused on what she’s doing which is probably why she didn’t open the door. Second off working animals is not cruel. Dogs love working and think about it, our dogs get to go on big walks with us everyday and be with their fave person 24/7 whereas your dog sits at home all day on their own bored and under stimulated waiting for you to get home, take them for a 10 minute walk and go to bed. As for looking “emotionless” it’s just the dogs working face. Learn to read animal behaviour and you will see the dog is focused on the tasks.
@@whitepride9153 that is the most ignorant crap I've ever heard. Go crawl back in your moms basement. You should change your profile to white turd cause that's all your a$$ will amount to.
@@whitepride9153 wtf
I just showed this to my 6 year old boy and he was mesmerised.
"Is she blind? I cannot imagine that!"
"How is that dog so clever? Can it read?"
"How does it do escalators? Ah clever there it is!".
*amazing* When you see that moment of comprehension and a hundred questions follow.
My wife and I just found out that the guide dog puppy we raised passed all his training and matched with a client, it was really cool to get to see the work he'll be doing. Good job Zenith!
Awww u guys must be so proud of him!!
I just got a new pup to train up and replace my current service dog as she is starting to get a little older. Seeing eye dogs are the MOST HIGHLY trained dogs Ever. If they flunk they are still educated for other conditions!
Holy shit these dogs are amazing smart. We don't deserve them they are so precious 💙
Thank you for sharing! I used this video to teach my 4-year-old about working dogs and why we don't approach them (because they are doing important jobs!) She really enjoyed seeing Zenith doing his job!
I myself have a guide dog and when u said doing his jobs u made me think of the phrase “Do your Jobs” it means go do your thing/pee or poo
@@APerson-cw9mp when it comes to a dog "making business" outside, any word can be used. A lot of trainers will use words like "empty" or "void." Many dog owners use the common commands "go potty," or "go pee-pee/poop." It's entirely up to the owner and probably varies from country to country, based on common phrases unique to the area. You can even make it something fun, like "kaboom!" 😆
I love service dogs! When I see a person with a service dog, I always give them extra space when I walk past them and try to 'accidentally' bump into strangers so they move out of the way as well 👍 Some kids and teens should be more respectful on their own, but I'm always there to give them the death glance 😂
i raised a seeing eye dog he went to help a person in morristown,these dogs are so loyal
I love how is only break from his job, every so slightly, was when he saw a squirrel. Incredible animal
I say "huppup" to my SD too! It means 'put the mobility harness in my hand'
I use ‘head in’ for her to put her harness on.
@@jessicawatson7360 I say harness for mine then he comes to my left side so I can grab his pull strap :)
Been thinking about getting a guide dog. My cane and I are now having too many arguments with pavements and obstacles. Brilliant film. Much appreciated. McIntyre
Too many arguments I lolled at that 🤣
@@TheWendable ikr...that was brilliant
Well that’s rude of your cane. You should ground it. Lol
Dogs are stupid and smelly.
Animals are more amazing than many humans. I don't mean intellectually, I mean emotionally.
While humans are busy fighting over nothing, animals do so much to make the world a better place.
A very well made video! I showed it to my ESL students, we're learning about guide dogs. Thanks for making it 🙂
My four year old daughter didn't know what a guide dog is and my explanations weren't really making sense to her. This video was very helpful in explaining it for her and I learned some things too -- thank you!
Hello from one guide dog user to another! I always am happy to find other blind people online. What breed is Zenith? I have a standard poodle.
He is a golden retriever from the Seeing Eye. He's super goofy and fun off harness. It's so cool that you have a standard poodle!
Another Guide Dog Owner :) with a yellow (really pale) lab.
Sorry don't get me wrong how you use TH-cam just curious
@@kamal-goswami Blind people use screen readers to use phones and computers independently. It uses a text to speech synthesizer to read the screen aloud. Keyboard commands are used instead of a mouse. Finger gestures are used to navigate a phone. You can experiment with a screen readeryourself by activating Talkback on Android or VoiceOver on iOS.
@@Koda_Grey Trivia: The first text to speech reader was invented by Ray Kurzweil. IBM built them as a public service and sold them at cost. The NY Public Library bought 2. 1968.
$250,000 each!
That dog can navigate places better than me
I like when you were in the big train station or mall, he stood in front of you so you wouldn't bump into the people that was standing there
Absolutely AMAZING Dog is Zenith. I hope you both stay safe. I’m sure Zenith will keep you safe ❤️
Loved the explanations of everything. I've worked with service dogs in training before, but never one for someone who is blind. It was cool to see techniques I'm familiar with adapted for someone with a disability I'm not as familiar with.
Thanks for your clip. Zenith is a super good boy. Love the way that you pick up when he's been distracted. Getting the puppies to focus is quite a challenge.
it so cool to me how much confidence you have walking with your dog like you don't skip a beat years of training at its best
As a dog guide foster Mom, I do appreciate this video. Our work now and how it relates to his job later. Thank you for doing this, it reinforces the value of Kona’s future.
You do all the hard work with the dogs what an achievement, thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for doing something like this!
I was born blind (thankfully I was able to get it out)
And I might need a service dog in the future
So this REALLY helped to tell me how My dog would Guide me in the city :D
Thank you! This is an amazing video and I love seeing service dogs of all types at work. Nice video
“Kay - we want you to have an even bigger video of your guide dog!”. My 4 year old son Dylan was curious about guide dogs so we watched your video, he enjoyed it so much that he asked if we could send you a message!
Man’s best friend taken to the next level x
What a fantastic relationship you two have❤
Greetings from Kansas. I really enjoyed this video. I am actually in the process of self training my dog to be a guide dog. I was always told by just about any O and M instructors that I didn't get around good enough to have a dog, and that it might not be the best thing for me. This dog was a rescue that I adopted in late 2021. Blue heeler mixed with something, nobody really knows what, and at first, she was just going to be a pet, but when I realized how smart she is, and super eager to please, I thought, "what do I have to lose?" So, slowly but surely we have been working on this, and she has picked it up pretty well. I've used a cane my whole life, but she has given me a confidence I never had with a cane, and it's made the difference between sitting at home all the time unless I had a ride from a friend or family member, to actually getting out and doing stuff. So where I live, a lot of the streets aren't good. Pretty much no sidewalks, and pretty bad ditches on both sides of some roads, so you would have never ever seen me just going out for a walk just for fun with my cane, but with my dog, I totally can. It's the greatest feeling in the world to be able to just get out there and go. Like I said, I've used a cane my whole life, and while I can get around, I have always tended to doubt myself in the area of O and M, but that totally changed with my dog. Listening to this video and others like it give me a pretty good idea of all the things she should know. After listening to this, I would say we're making good progress.
Thank you for your well described video!
An absolute delight to watch the video, amazing tag team and thank you so much for audio describing. Your voice is really nice.
My dog isn't trained to go on escalators because since she's small I can just pick her up
My sd has has to aswell as my sdit because there both german shepherds
I wish I could do that, my dogs not escalator trained but she’s too big for me to lift (34kg)
My SDIT had no problems with those surprisingly on his first time so we got lucky. We’re still working on public training in between his sessions with his trainer to help build his confidence.
@BuwBuw _ wtf is your problem? service dogs are treated just like normal dogs they get to play and have fun too,they just are held to a higher standard than most, plus he was wagging his tail the majority of this video. If you left an animal "alone with its instincts" it'll become very ill behaved. You're just a bully and ableist. also their mom was obviously fine and can handle opening a door. you need to grow up and stop bullying disabled people on the internet.
So cool! Thanks for showing this!
Dude!!!! Awesome dog! Thank you for sharing this with me. :)
You and your 🐶 are so beautiful 😻! It’s amazing how smart they are! I love your videos and your spirit! Thank you 🙏 ❤️
I wanna give him 10000 kisses.. such a sweet boy!!!🥰🥰🥰
Great video Kay and Zenith! What a great role model you are!
Amazing !! Just adore animals and I love the independence that you are gifted by your lovely dog. Xxx
I love watching these videos. Man, dogs are the best!
You are both amazing !
Thanks for this! It was great to show my kids the wonderful teamwork you and Zenith have. I really appreciate your sharing this. Looking forward to checking out your other videos.
Great video, superb teamwork, throughly enjoyed. Best wishes Scotland.
Thanks for sharing!!! Very interesting to learn more about how you and your wonderful dog work together. Again, many thanks really enjoyed this.
So grateful for the video! Great details and explanations.
I love your Broadway posters and Zenith is really cool!!
That dog is amazing, what a wonderful animal!
Dogs are amazing!...😁👍🏽💯
Thank you so much for sharing your video. I’ve just joined a charity sponsoring guide dog puppies and it was so inspiring and humbling to see these incredible dogs in action. Also, his little shoes are the cutest thing I’ve ever seen 😊
Zenith is truly amazing. Plus his boots are awesome. Thanks for the video! very informative.
Amazing video, really enjoyed this thank you. Hope I can find more of you and your dog x
thank you so much for the voice-over!! it was super helpful!!💜💜
So glad you two have each other ❤ 🙂
What a goooood boy!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are amazing! Your guide dog is the cutest.
What a brilliant animal!
What an amazing team!!
Thank you Kay! I enjoyed your video.
I've only just discovered your channel and I'm in love with Zenith and your relationship with him. Full disclosure: I'm definitely a cat person, generally can't stand dogs, but I have such a deep admiration and respect for guide dogs. It's beautiful seeing you both work as a team to go about the kind of daily life that sighted people like me take for granted. Enjoying all the videos and wish both you and Zenith the absolute best x
That was extremely interesting. It was dope!!!!
so cool to see you two navigate Philly!!!!
Thanks for describing it!
It's really cool to watch guide dogs working!
I love dogs like these. Always so loyal and caring
Zenith is amazing!
The little dog shoes are so adorable 🥺
Impressive!!! a smart dog and a better companion.
That was excellent thanks I was explaining to my 5 year old daughter what a guide dog was and you did it all for me 👌🏻
Here I am watching again lol such a good video would love to have another video like this navigating street and mall in store stuff like that😁👩🦯🤍🤍
Kay, Zee adds to your life but you protect and are quite wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
You guys are awesome!
U have so much trust in ur dog xxxx
My respect to you and to your Dog
A very moving video Kay, awesome. Lots of lurve coming your way. To Zenith i say "woof woof GRR woof", which means "love you to bits you clever dog, with the funky shoes", which of course we all knew ..right ? xx
Humanities best friend right there! Our connection with dogs is incredible.
Absolutely amazing
Great video! Thanks!
Wow.. thank you for this wonderful video..
Great teamwork❣️ We all belong together
Love the posters btw! You’re dog is wonderful ❤️
Thank you for sharing this. Those of us who aren't in this situation or don't have a friend or loved one in this situation thank you very much for this enlightening educational video.
omg, I tear up a little bit. I love the relationship of trust between humans and dog.
Thank you for sharing, our 4 year old was learning about guide dogs at school and it was great to be able to show her a guide dog in action.
I love your dog!
Thank you beautiful young lady!! this is really awesome, and so are you
Great vid, answered my curiosity about these truly angelic doggos
This all worked so much better than expected! Surely there are occasional problems and hiccups along any road but with a guide dog like this it would not be a major problem. Thank you for sharing!
As someone with a mobility service dog, I think all the time how amazing it is that guide dogs are trained in so many very specific areas and safety is completely in your dogs choices. Just amazing, and a beautiful relationship to watch! 🐾
Fascinating! Thank you. I’m reading a book called “beyond the trenches” about World War I when Germans began training German shepherds to be guide dogs, so I enjoyed seeing more about how they work.
Bless the pupper
In Poland we have a blind guy who trained his guide dog on its own. There was an interview with him in one of the "Czarne Podniebienie" podcast episodes and this exact video seems like the extremely useful add-on.
Thank you for recording and sharing this
You are literally gorgeous and such an amazing human :>)
Thank you for your video. I’m also a guide dog owner and it’s interesting to see how they work in other countries.❤
Thanks for sharing.
Zenith life for her positive affirmations ❤️
What a fabulous working dog you made at be very proud of him. He like humans kinda gets distracted- I would get distracted by a squirrel anytime. Thanks for sharing how you manage aa outing with Zenith ❤
This was super helpful for my elementary ESL class!
Service dogs are impressive ❤️
Just down right amazing. My mom was legally blind. I went with her to rehab and learn so much and it changed my life forever. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I know I am late to the party, but this was so cool, and answered a lot of questions I had.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. It is wonderful to watch how the puppies we raise finally become your Guide Dog. We raise mostly the Golden Retrievers. We just returned a Chocolate Lab with Greem eyes. His name is Hemingway. One before him was a Golden Retriever named George Orwell. Just picked up our 10th puppy, named Issac Asimov. A golden of course. Be safe and happy..