Guide Dogs for the Blind - Walnut Creek, CA Puppy Raisers

06/28/2025

Welcome Primo 🐾
Primo is a male black lab born 3/12/2025 to parents Glitter/Jaipur. Fun fact sister Pavlova is being raised in our club too!

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06/28/2025

Welcome Pavlova 🐾
Pavlova is a female yellow lab born 3/12/2025 to parents Glitter/Jaipur. Fun fact brother Primo is being raised in our club too!

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04/16/2025

Meet Sabina 🐾
Sabina is a female black lab, born 1/26/2025 to parents Chai/Nitro. Fun fact mama Chai was raised in our club!

PD: Baby black lab puppy Sabina is sitting on a wood table wearing her green puppy jacket and looking at the camera. Behind her is a metal fence and behind that are some trees and overcast skies.

04/07/2025

Last month, we visited the Oakland Museum of California, taking BART from Walnut Creek to get there. Our pups got to practice settling on public transit, transferring trains, walking busy streets in Oakland and visiting a museum. It was a long day for them and they did great!

PD1: Group photo of all puppies on the outing in downs and sits on carpet in front of a large blue sign with yellow poppies and yellow text “Welcome to California”. An image of a highway and ocean is on the wall behind The puppies in order are: YLF Mayberry, BLGXM James, GLDF Chantilly, YLGXX Risotto, YLF Moxie, and YLGXXM Tillamook.

PD2: The puppies are seated in and around a large concrete tube in the museum set up as a cozy nook to explore. Tillamook and Risotto are in front of the tube, while Moxie, Mayberry and James are all snuggling inside the tube.

PD3: Close up view of Moxie, James, and Mayberry lined up in a row on the BART train. They are all looking at the camera and all in down position centered under their handlers’ seats.

PD4: View from above of the puppies lying at their handlers’ feet on the floor of the train. Clockwise we have Moxie, James, Mayberry, Risotto and Chantilly.

PD5: Tillamook and Chantilly lay on the floor of the train, under the seat.

PD6: Moxie, James, and Mayberry lay on the floor of the train, under the seats and between their handlers’ legs. Risotto sits on the floor of the train in front of them.

04/07/2025

Welcome Hoku 🐾
Hoku is a female yellow fluffy lab/golden cross born 12/15/2024 to parents Swift/Nicholas

PD 1: Fluffy light colored lab/golden cross puppy Hoku is sitting on a tile floor wearing her green puppy jacket and looking at the camera.

PD 2: Hoku is sitting in a blue plastic wading pool with her mouth open in a smile, looking at the camera.

PD 3: Hoku is in a down position, wearing a black gentle leader and green puppy jacket. She is on a concrete walkway with some grass to the side and a playground in the background.

04/06/2025

Welcome Jovie 🐾
Jovie is a female yellow lab, born 12/16/2024 to parents Divine/Frodo

PD 1: Very light colored yellow lab puppy Jovie is sitting on the grass wearing her green puppy jacket and looking at the camera. Behind and above her is a bush dense with light pink flowers.
PD 2: Close up of Jovie looking calmly at the camera, with a red couch in the background.

10/18/2024

October Pupdate and October 18 2024 Phase report for Nils, who is still in Phase 8/class ready!
“Nils is always prepared for a belly rub. In harness or out it doesn’t matter. At café? Belly rub. In the office? Belly rub. Waiting for the bus? Belly rub. He is quite the charmer and 9 times out of 10 draws someone in with his doughy eyes and irresistibility.”

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10/01/2024

We had a great time at our 2nd fundraiser dinner at Melo’s Italian Table! Thank you to all club members, friends, family, and community members for your help to make this event a huge success! And thank you so much .italian.table for hosting us, and for capturing these great photos 💚

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10/01/2024

🦮 Lisandra is on campus! First up for her is breeder evaluation, and if she is not selected as a breeder she will enter formal guide work training. Congratulations to raisers Kat and Bey on their success in raising Lisandra. We can’t wait to follow her success and read her Pupdates!

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09/24/2024

Meet Tillamook 🐾
Tillamook is a male fluffy lab/golden cross, born 6/16/2024 to parents Kendra/Swenson.

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09/20/2024

September Pupdates and 9/20/2024 Phase Report:

🦮Nils, phase 8/class ready: “Happy September from Nils! Nils has been putting in extra work to hone his guide work skills and proving that practice makes perfect!”

🦮Emma, phase 8/class ready (started in WC club): “Happy September from Emma! Emma is a sweet girl who loves all things guide work. She especially loves the pets at the end of the route.”

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09/17/2024

Come dine with us today! Let your server know you are there to support the GDB Walnut Creek Puppy Raisers.

Fundraiser next week! Please join us .italian.table 1360 Locust St in Walnut Creek on Tuesday September 17th from 4pm-closing for dine-in or take-out and a portion of proceeds will be donated to the GDB Walnut Creek Puppy Raising Club. Reservations recommended!

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