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When you apply to get a guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind, you're taking a big step. Throughout the admissions process, we'll have a chance to learn more about you: your goals, desires, and lifestyle. We'll help you understand your responsibilities in preparing for class training and in handling and caring for a guide dog.
In order to apply for a guide dog, applicants must be legally blind and can demonstrate the need for a guide dog to help them remain safe and effective in their everyday travel. We also look for clients that can independently travel practical and purposeful routes with their current mobility device.
An International Guiding Eyes Program. Guide Dogs of America trains service and guide dogs for individuals who are visually impaired, veterans, facilities and children with autism.
Support learning and innovation through risk-taking. 800.295.4050. At Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB), we believe that everyone deserves to move through the world safely and confidently—to live the life they want to live.
For two to three months the dogs are taught by our professional guide dog mobility instructors to safely guide someone through the complexities of pedestrian travel. Our Guide Dog Training Program maximizes the use of positive reinforcement methods, including science-based Clicker training.
Who We Are. In 1946, when the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind was founded, its mission was simple: to provide guide dogs and training – free of charge – to people who were blind or have low vision. For more than 75 years, the Guide Dog Foundation has trained and placed guide dogs and service dogs to provide increased independence and ...
Guide Dogs for the Blind is a nonprofit organization that provides service dogs to the blind, with schools in Boring, Oregon, and San Rafael, California. It is the largest organization of its kind in the United States, having provided more than 11,000 trained guide dogs to blind people throughout North America for 60 years.
