Taylor made! Adorable guide dogs named after newly married Swift graduate from training

By FRANCINE WOLFISZ, NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:51, 10 July 2026 | Updated: 01:51, 10 July 2026 Ten adorable guide dogs named after Taylor Swift's music are starting to graduate from training. Golden retriever and Labrador cross Archer, whose name was inspired by a track on the newly-married singer's album Lover, has become the first from his litter to qualify. The Guide Dogs charity named the puppies, born in 2024, in honour of the musician as part of a drive to encourage Swifties to volunteer as puppy-raisers. Archer, who qualified on the day of the mega-star's wedding to Travis Kelce, has since moved to Kent, where he is living with a guide dog owner. His brothers and sisters, including Betty, Inez, Marjorie, Clara, James, Tim, and London, are all yet to graduate. Meanwhile Peter, named after the song on the singer's 11th album The Tortured Poets Department, has also since graduated and been homed with a guide dog owner in Sheffield. August, who was identified as 'an ideal guide dog mum', is now off to have her own guide dog puppies. Volunteers across the UK look after the puppies for the first year of their life, from around eight weeks old until they are ready to begin formal training. Golden retriever and Labrador cross Archer, whose name was inspired by a track on Taylor Swift's album Lover, has become the first from his litter to qualify James and Betty, pictured as puppies and whose names were inspired by Taylor Swift's music, are yet to qualify Now two years on, trainee guide dog James is still learning his skills while being homed by a volunteer in Leamington Spa Marjorie is one of the ten puppies born in 2024 and named after the global music sensation Mum Sandy and black Labrador grandmother Wispa pictured with the litter in 2024 Volunteers across the UK look after the puppies for the first year of their life, from around eight weeks old until they are ready to begin formal training Archer was taken to Guide Dogs' Maidstone team, in Kent, where he learned skills needed for the role and was then matched with a local person with sight loss. Now, the charity is encouraging others to step forward and volunteer, as hundreds wait for a guide dog. A Guide Dogs spokesperson said: 'Guide Dogs relies on public donations as well as the kindness of volunteers. 'It now costs £77,000 to breed, raise and train each guide dog, and £25,000 to support every partnership throughout their working lives. 'Anyone unable to look after a puppy can therefore still help the charity to care for and train guide dogs by raising much-needed funds.' Betty - Named after the song from Folklore, Betty is currently in Redbridge, East London and will head to Gloucester for advanced training August - named after the song from Folklore is in Gloucester with a breeding dog volunteer Inez - named after the character mentioned in 'Betty' on Folklore is in London Marjorie - named after the song from Evermore is with the Solihull, Coventry & North Warwickshire community team Clara - named after a character in The Tortured Poets Department has gone to Cardiff James - named after the character in Betty on Folklore has been homed in Leamington Spa Tim - named after Tim McGraw from Taylor Swift (Debut) is in Leamington Spa Peter - named after the song from The Tortured Poets Department has settled in Sheffield, having qualified with a guide dog owner in the area this week Archer - named after the song from Lover is in Kent, where he is in a working partnership with his new guide dog owner London - named after the track from Lover has settled in Cardiff