On December 4th I went to the Rose Common Room in a terrible mood, stressed out of my mind about my upcoming papers, and just generally not ready to do anything but binge Jessica Jones and eat ice cream.

However, the puppies turned my mood around 180. They were high energy and clearly just wanted to be loved and pet. I am more of a cat person, I’ll be honest, but the dogs were just what I needed.

The dogs trainers were equally friendly! I asked many questions about what the dogs were trained to do and was astounded by the answers. Guide dogs are used to help fetch things for the disabled, see any dangers that might be present for those who are blind, and can even smell rising heart rate for those who have heart problems! Plus they’re just too darn cute.

I hope that in the future these dogs will be just as loved by their owners and the world creates a more streamline and less expensive training program to make the guide dogs more available to any who need them.