00:00to screen for the most qualified guide dog a woman called all the puppies when they heard the command
00:04the other puppies ran toward her but one dog remained calmly in place a few seconds later
00:08it slowly trotted over and sat down beside her though he seemed a bit clumsy people noticed his
00:12composed demeanor and chose him for his calm temperament this is exactly the quality a guide
00:16dog must possess and so bella left his first owner and was sent to a guide dog training center
00:20but
00:21the trainer didn't immediately begin training instead he first found him a foster family
00:24because puppies need to experience plenty of love during their growth to establish absolute trust
00:28in humans bella spent a happy childhood there he was never hungry or abused but the day of parting
00:33inevitably came they took a long walk together under the cherry blossoms the separation was
00:37painfully difficult for both of them watching bella being led away by the staff the foster
00:41family couldn't help but follow behind him they only stopped and waved goodbye at the corner of
00:44the street this was bella's second separation when bella first arrived at the training center
00:48the trainer thought he was just an ordinary puppy with average potential one day before leaving
00:53to take care of personal matters the trainer ordered the dog to stay in place bella lay on
00:57ground waiting for a very long time so long that the trainer completely forgot about his existence
01:01it wasn't until the trainer was working with other dogs later that he remembered bella at that moment
01:05the trainer was completely won over by bella because bella possessed the key trait of a guide dog
01:10the
01:10ability to resist instinct during street training bella easily memorized every single step in every
01:15turn soon came the guide dog certification exam and when the starting pistol suddenly went off the
01:19loud noise startled most of the dogs and made them scatter but bella remained calm and sat completely
01:23still he was the first to pass the exam and officially qualify as a guide dog one day they
01:28met a blind man the trainer approached with bella and hoped he would try walking while holding the
01:32dog's harness the man initially didn't believe a dog could guide him anywhere but after the trainer
01:36promised to reduce the journey time from 30 minutes to 10 he reluctantly and skeptically gripped
01:40the guide harness but at first they had no chemistry at all the man was actually afraid of
01:44dogs but refused to admit it he walked with a stiff body double checking the path with every
01:48step and showing no trust in bella at all but despite all this bella still got him to
01:52his
01:52destination in just 10 minutes in that moment the man's perception of guide dog shifted and he
01:56wanted to keep bella but in order to adopt bella he had to pass a compatibility test for
02:00both of
02:00them this was a formidable challenge moreover he still hadn't fully trusted bella at that time
02:04whenever they encountered an obstacle bella would stop but the man insisted on pushing forward anyway
02:08and even blamed bella afterward when they came to a downhill slope the man ignored bella's guidance
02:13and took a fall after the test finally ended the trainer reminded him to praise bella but when he
02:17spoke his tone was harsh sounding more like a stern scolding on the day of the graduation ceremony the
02:21other blind individuals received their qualification certificates only he sat alone in the corner bella
02:26sensed his low spirits and gently wagged his tail to comfort him from that moment on he finally
02:30let
02:31go of his prejudices and trusted bella beyond daytime training they used many nights for extra practice
02:35before long they finally passed the evaluation that evening the man wanted to buy a beer to celebrate
02:40but because of his blindness he always picked the wrong drink just when he had only one coin left be
02:44lla
02:44sneezed three times in a row trying to alert him with newfound understanding the man tried walking
02:48toward the third vending machine and this time he finally got his beer in this way the bond between
02:53them grew deeper and deeper for the rest of his life bella became the man's eyes so friends
02:57would you
02:57also like to have a dog like this
02:59you
