I am going to respond to this because I think it will be educational for people. My dog is from an international guide dog Federation program in the united states. That program uses both traditional guide harnesses, along with the new Ruffwear Unifly guide dog harness. This harness was designed specifically with guide dog mobility instructors, blind people, and guide dogs. She is wearing that harness in the video. She is also wearing a high visibility vest under the harness, because I work in a setting where we can be in dangerous areas and my workplace and myself wanted her to be highly visible. I encourage you to watch the video again. Watch her working. Watch her guiding me into specific places. Watch her finding objects for me. Watch her stop at elevation changes to indicate that there is a drop off. Watch her guide. Don't look at the gear, look at the job. Look at the dog's behavior. Now, regarding your comments about specific gear, a guide dog typically does need a harness to do its job, but that is not an absolute truth. Many programs that are internationally recognized do teach their dogs some rudimentary guide work with only the leash. Of course, for a guide dog to do all of its tasks, it needs to wear a stiff harness. Though the harness that Cindi my dog is wearing in this video does not look like a traditional harness, it is stiff and functions the same way as a traditional harness does. She can pull into it to guide me, or back me up. The handle is stiff and does not Buckle when pressure is put into it. The gear does not define the service dog, the tasks the dog is trained to perform, and the disabled Handler that it helps makes a dog a service dog. A guide dog is simply a type of service dog. My dog is, absolutely, a guide dog. I am, absolutely, legally blind. My dog is trained to guide me safely because I cannot see. Guide dogs might wear gear that has patches on it. For example, there are vests that attach to guide harnesses so the dog has some more visibility in public. Guide dog users can choose to attach whatever they want to their dog's harness. And many do to help inform the public of the dog's status and not to interact with it. What I have said here is applicable to guide dogs in the United states. I hope this helps.

Also I just want to add to what the author of this video said the dog is wearing the appropriate guide dog gear the harness from ruffwear is only available for guide dog users through the school they got their dog from also we can have patches and leash wraps if we want to make our guides more visible what makes her a guide dog is her tasks of guiding not how she looks

There are only two guide dog schools currently in the US who trains Standard Poodle guides. Those organizations are The Guide Dog Foundation in Smithtown, (Long Island) NY and Guide Dogs of the Desert is Palm Spring, CA. People who have a documented dog allergy are considered for poodles. You can’t just be not a retriever person. Poodles aren’t for everyone. I’ve had both retrievers and poodles and the poodles tend to be more of a challenge for various reasons. At the moment The Guide Dog Foundation isn’t taking applications for new poodle handlers. I was a returning poodle handler at GDF. I’ve thought about going to GDD since I live near Palm Spribgs, CA.

Cindi is 8 1/2. She'll be retiring next year at around 9 1/2 due to some very mild hip dysplasia. I'm really trying hard to enjoy the time I have left with this special girl as my guide. But I hope to keep her as a pet when she retires if that life suits her.

me too! 😄