At The Top Rated Dog Web Sites Guide dog duties can be amazing to someone who can sit back and watch a team work. Dogs are taught from a very young age to behave properly. As puppies, they are taught basic obedience where they learn to sit, lay down, come and stay. These things don't sound very impressive at first. Here's a bit of how a guide dog comes to be a guide dog though.
Guide dogs have to be born of course.
Pups at the Guide Dog Foundation all come from specialized breeding stock. Their parents are carefully selected and a lengthy background check is performed on all moms and dads before they are even allowed into the program. Things like temperament, health, social skills, etc. are examined. Puppies are born usually at the Guide Dog Foundation in the new nursery where they stay, under the care of a veterinarian and kennel staff, with their mothers until they are around eight to nine weeks old. During this time, their health is monitored closely and they are selected for temperament and personality.