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Guide dog emoji

🦮 Guide dog

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🦮 Emoji meaning

I’m looking for guidance! Support, visual impairment, accessibility.

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🦮 Meaning

We’re training guide dogs for the blind! Specially trained companions for visually impaired people. The training lasts 18 months from birth. The dog retires after 7 to 10 years.

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Commonly confused with

ZWJ Sequence

Guide dog

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Guide dog vs service dog; both working dogs with harnesses, differences are minor in tiny icons.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Guide dog” was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal + dog

Keywords removed

- guide dog

In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ accessibility + blind + guide + guide dog

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