List of guide dog schools explained

A list of notable guide dog schools worldwide.

Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. In the United States, the name "seeing eye dog" is only used in reference to a guide dog from The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, which has trademarked the term.^[1] Guide dog schools are accredited by the International Guide Dog Federation.

Europe

• Associação Beira Aguieira de Apoio ao Deficiente Visual, Mortágua, Portugal^{[2] [3]}
• The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• Lara Guide-Dog School Hellas, Xalandri, Greece^[4]
• Seeing Dogs Alliance, Surrey, England
• Stiftung Schweizerische Schule für Blindenführhunde (Swiss School for Guide Dogs Foundation)
• Fundación ONCE del Perro Guía (FOPG), Spain^[5]
• Entrevues, Chiens guides et mobilité, Belgium
• The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation (KNGF), The Netherlands ^[6]

Middle East & Africa

• Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind
• South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind

North America

• British Columbia and Alberta Guide Dog Services, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
• Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Dogs with Wings, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Fidelco Guide Dog Fountation, Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA
• Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Cassville, New York, USA
• Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc., Smithtown, New York, USA
• Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, California and Boring, Oregon, USA
• Guide Dogs of America, Sylmar, California, USA
• Guide Dogs of the Desert, Palm Springs, California, USA
• Guide Dogs of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
• KSDS Inc., Washington, Kansas, USA
• Leader Dogs for the Blind, Rochester, Michigan, USA
• Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
• Mira Foundation, Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec], Canada
• Mira Foundation USA, Aberdeen, North Carolina], USA
• OccuPaws Guide Dog Association, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
• The Seeing Eye, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
• Dogs Inc (Formerly Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc), Palmetto, Florida, USA

South America

• Helen Keller Guide Dog School, Balneário Camburiú, Santa Catarina State, Brazil^[7]

Asia

Japan

• Chubu Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• Guide Dog and Service Dog and Hearing Dog Association of Japan
• Hokkaido Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• Hyogo Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• Japan Guide Dog Association
• Kansai Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• Kyushu Guide Dog Association
• Nippon Lighthouse Guide Dog Training Centre
• East Japan Guide Dog Association
• The Eye Mate, Inc.

South Korea

• Samsung Guide Dog School
• Korean Assistance Dog Association

Taiwan

• Taiwan Guide Dog Association
• Huikuang Guide Dog Foundation Taiwan

Singapore

• Guide Dogs Singapore

Oceania

New Zealand

• Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, Newmarket, Auckland

Australia

• Royal Guide Dogs Associations of Australia
  • Guide Dogs Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  • Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
  • Guide Dogs SA/NT, South Australia
  • Guide Dogs TAS, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Guide Dogs WA, Perth, Western Australia
• Royal Society for the Blind, South Australia
• Seeing Eye Dogs Australia

Sources

• Web site: Guide Dog Schools Around the World . Land of Pure Gold Foundation . 2011-10-22 . .
• Web site: Guide Dog Schools . https://web.archive.org/web/20061017012102/http://www.duxburysystems.com/sourgd.asp . 2006-10-17 . 2007-01-13 . dead . .

External links

• Web site: Accredited Members of the International Guide Dog Federation . International Guide Dog Federation . 2017-11-01.
• Web site: Assistance Dogs International Membership Directory . https://web.archive.org/web/20070108020007/http://www.adionline.org/MemberDirectory/MembershipDirectoryHomePg.htm . 2007-01-08 . Assistance Dogs International . 2007-01-13 . dead .
• CNIB Guide Dogs Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Notes and References

1. Web site: The oldest existing guide dog school in the world | the Seeing Eye, Inc . 2012-12-23 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118061315/http://www.seeingeye.org/aboutUs/default.aspx?M_ID=165 . 2013-01-18 .
2. Web site: A Escola . 22 December 2016 . Portuguese . The School. Associação Beira Aguieira de Apoio ao Deficiente Visual [The Beira Aguieira Association for Supporting the Visual Impaired].
3. Web site: Escola de Cães Guia . 22 December 2016 . Portuguese . Guide Dog School. Município de Mortágua [Municipality of Mortágua].
4. Web site: Σχολή Σκύλων Oδηγών Λάρα.
5. Web site: Fundación ONCE del Perro-Guía.
6. Web site: The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation. 2021-01-01. KNGF.
7. Web site: Escola de Cães-Guias Helen Keller . 2020-12-27 . Helen Keller - Escola de Cães-Guias . pt-BR.