Four fluffy workers slipped on their harnesses for the first time as they eagerly await finding their perfect home.
Just under two years old, Newcastle pups Missie, Bolton, Jag and Blake graduated from guide dog school on Thursday May 28.
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT will now start the process of matching them to a handler, first looking for possible personality matches in the Newcastle region.
Jo Denham raised Bolton from when he was eight weeks until about 14 months, when he went off for intensive training.
"I loved seeing him today, it made me cry to just hear about the impact he will have," she said.
"I'm so proud."
The dogs start off at a home where puppy raisers teach them basic skills and get them socialised before they undergo guide dog assessment, a four-month training and graduation from 20 months old.
Ms Denham said Bolton was a very smart and very keen to learn.
"He's very athletic and active and so hopefully he can go to someone similar," she said.
Now that the dogs have graduated, they will undergo a matching process and further training once a handler is selected.
When Newcastle woman Wendy Schiller sold her house, she decided to donate $50,000 per dog to sponsor Missie and Bolton.
"Missie was little miss perfect and Bolton was very distractible at first but it was great to be able to go and see them working," she said.
"It has been a really joyous experience being able to have contact with them."
Guide Dogs philanthropy adviser Sophia Lacey said sponsors were important to help keep the charity going.
"We are more than 80 per cent publicly funded and so it means that we're able to ensure that welfare is up to a high standard," she said.
Ms Lacey said Thursday's celebration at Swansea marked the conclusion of their intensive training and recognised the extraordinary contribution that the dogs will go on to make.
"They have grown up with volunteers and they have distinct loveable personalities and are ready to be a great support to their handlers," she said.
As a person living with low vision, Andy Hampson only got her guide dog Derby in March this year.
"It has been life-changing, it is the little things like finding the pedestrian crossing, finding the lights and getting on the train," she said.
"I wanted to keep my independence and have my freedom, so I'm really pleased I went down this track."
