Yoshi has been caring for a nine-month-old labrador pup called Pip for about seven months.

Pip is the second seeing eye dog her family has cared for.

"He came to us at eight weeks," Yoshi said.

"He arrived from Melbourne and we had to pick him up at Brisbane airport.

"Once every two weeks we have training with a puppy supervisor in a place, like a shopping centre or airport, where the supervisor looks at how he's behaving.

"Then we have monthly training with a group of puppies."

Yoshi said her role, in what was a 12 to 18-month commitment, was to care for Pip on a daily basis, to continue with the supervisor's instructions, and to complete a fortnightly report.

"We can leave the puppies for up to two hours but we must be with them all the rest of the time," she said.

Yoshi said the best aspect of caring for a seeing eye dog was being able to give a "different type of sight to blind people" and the worst aspect was receiving uninvited comment or attention from members of the public who didn't understand the protocols of being around a working dog.

"I was once asked to leave a chemist shop because I had the dog with me," Yoshi said.

"I told them he was a working dog and was allowed in there but they still asked me to leave.

"The only places the dogs are not allowed are an intensive care unit or where food is being prepared."

Yoshi is undertaking a teacher aide course and Pip goes to Faith Lutheran College junior campus, Victoria Point, with her almost every day while she completes the practical component of her studies.

While children and puppies together in the same room has the potential for mayhem, Pip sits quietly in the classroom, while the children do their work.

"It's great training for him to be with the kids," Yoshi said.

"He goes into the classroom to sit and relax.

"The purpose is to learn not to interact with the kids."

Yoshi said she wanted people to understand that when a working dog is wearing a coat, it is working and must be left alone.

To become a puppy carer or to find out about how you can sponsor a puppy, visit any Heritage Building Society branch, call Seeing Eye Dogs Queensland on 3255 2877 or visit www.seda.org.au