Guide Dog Schools
This is a list of guide dog schools. We know that guide dog schools are not vendors in the normal sense. One does not buy a guide dog. But if you do need a guide dog, it is necessary to do some comparison shopping. So the selection process is similar.
United States
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation
PO Box 142
Bloomfield CT 06002
203-243-5200 v
School serves New England, New York, and Florida
Washington Valley Road
Morristown NJ 07960
201-539-4425 v
Serves North America
611 Granite Springs Road
Yorktown Heights NY 10598
914-245-4024 or 800-942-0149 v
914-245-1609 f
info@guiding-eyes.org
School serves all
371 East Jericho Turnpike
Smithtown NY 11787
516-265-2121 or 800-548-4337 v
School serves all
Freedom Guide Dogs, Inc.
1210 Hardscrabble Road
Cassville NY 13318
315-822-5132 v
freedom@juno.com
serves residents of New York, provides training at home, specialized in dealing with multiple disabilities.
Guide Dog Users, Inc.
1155 15th Street, Suite 720, NW
Washington DC 20005
202-467-5081 or 800-424-8666 v
Association of guide dog users, works for expanding and standardizing laws, and advocates for guide dog users and their dogs.
Canien Visions, Inc.
2305 Lugher Bailey Road
Senoia GA 30276
770-559-0680 v
serves Georgia and Alabama
4210 77th Street East
Palmetto FL 34221
941-729-5665 v
941-729-6646 f
SEGD@bhip.infi.net
School serves Sunbelt region
Pilot Dogs, Inc.
625 West Town Street
Columbus OH 43215
614-221-6367 v
School serves North America
1039 South Rochester Rd.
Rochester MI 48307
810-651-9011 v
810-651-5312 f
ldftb@ix.netcom.com
School serves all
Kansas Specialty Dog Service
123 West 8th, Box 216
Washington KS 66968
913-325-2256 v
School serves mid-US
Eye Dog Foundation
512 N Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90004
805-831-0681 v
School serves all
International Guiding Eyes
13445 Glenoaks Blvd.
Sylmar CA 91342
818-362-5834 v
School serves North America
Guide Dogs of the Desert
PO Box 1692
Palm Springs CA 92263
760-329-6257 v
gddesert@aol.com
School serves North America
350 Los Ranchitos Road
San Rafael CA 94915
415-499-4000 or 800-295-4050 v
Serves North America
Eye of the Pacific Guide Dogs & Mobility Services
747 Amana Street #407
Honolulu HI 96814
808-941-1088 v
School serves HI, AK, and Guam
32901 S.E. Kelso Road
Boring OR 97009
503-668-2100 or 800-295-4050 v
A satellite of Guide Dogs for the Blind of San Rafael, CA
J Burger; Osterreichische Schule Fur Blindenfuhrhunde
Rastal 17
St. Katharein ad Austria A-8611
+43 3869 2517 v
+43 3869 2633 f
lite of Guide Dogs for the Blind of San Rafael, CA
Australia
Brian Ritter; Royal Guide Dogs Association of Australia
Chandler Highway
3101 Kew Vic
Australia
+61-3-9854-4444 v
+61-3-9854-4500 f
Offers live-in or at home training in Australia
PM Gration; Lady Nell Seeing Eye Dog School
16 Thanet Street
3144 Malvern Victoria
Australia
+61 3 9509 5499 v
+61 3 9500 9030 f
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H Lawrence; Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland
Gympie Road
4036 Bald Hills Queens.
Australia
+61 7 3261 7555 v
+61 7 3261 7500 f
n or at home training in Australia
Tony Wright; Royal Guide Dogs for the Blind of Tasmania
164 Elizabeth Street
7000 Hobart Tasmania
Australia
+61 2-334-666 v
+61 2-311-712 f
Serves Australia
Belgium
M Newels; Scale Dogs ASBL
20 Rue Maurice Charlent
1160 Bruxelles
Belgium
+32 26 60 00 77 v
+32 26 73 94 45 f
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Stievenart; Les Amis des Aveugles
Rue de la Barriere 37
7410 Ghlin
Belgium
+32 65-3511331 v
Selects guide dogs, arranges for trainers in Belgium
Canada
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind
P.O. Box 280----4120, Rideau Valley Drive
Manotick ON K4M 1A3
Canada
613-692-7777 v
613-692-0650 f
serves Canadians
Canine Vision Canada
P.O. Box 907
Oaskville ON L6J 5E8
Canada
416-842-2891 v
serves Canada
W Thornton; British Columbia Guide Dog Services
No 10-4767 64th St
Ladner BC V4K 3M2
Canada
604-940-4503 v
604-940-4504 f
Croatia
Croation Guide Dogs and Mobility Organization
Augusta Senoe 34/2
Zabreb 10000
Croatia
+385 142 0221 v
+385 142 0221 f
Iva.stipetic@fer.hr
Serves Croatia
Estonia
Leili Luik; Guide Dogs Fund
Estonia Tanta
EE 2400 Ringtee 1
Estonia
+372 474349 v
+372 471235 f
Serves Estonia
Finland
Nakaovammaisten Keskuslitto ry./Synskadades Centralforbund
Makelankatu 50
SF-00510 Helsinki
Finland
+358 9876-8166 v
+358 9876-8299 f
Serves Finland
France
Ecole de Chiens, Guides d'Aveugles de Paris
105 Avenue Sainte Maurice
75012 Paris
France
+33 143 65 64 67 v
+33 143 71 61 18 f
Serves France
Domaine de Cibeins
F-01600 Mizerieux
France
+33 474-00-60-11 v
+33 474-00-60-13 f
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A Farrugia; Ecole de Cheins Guides d'Aveugles de Provence Cote d'Azur
Fort de la Revere
F-06360 Eze
France
+33 493-56-10-66 v
+33 392-97-17-15 f
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J Raffalli; Ecole de Cheins d'Aveugles du Sud
649 Chemin du Plan
F-06410 Biot
France
+33 493-65-08-36 v
+33 493-65-08-36 f
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J Leuci; Ecole de Cheins d'Aveugles du Midi
Chemin des Aubepines
F-13090 Aix-en-Provence
France
+33-442-59-41-40 v
+33 442-59-37-55 f
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Bob Lucas; Ecole de Cheins d'Aveugles du Sud-Ouest
11 rue Joseph Cugnot, Z.I. Du Phare
F-33700 Merignac
France
+33 556-47-85-51 v
+33 556-55-98-79 f
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Y Chatelin; Ecole de Cheins Guides d'Aveugles de l'Ouest
Promenade de la Baumette
F-49000 Angers
France
+33 241-68-59-23 v
+33 241-47-17-15 f
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M Durin; Ecole de Cheins d'Aveugles des Flandres
69 Rue Voltaire
F-59441 Wasquehal Cedex
France
+33 320-36-89-75 v
+33 320-27-64-67 f
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Bove; Ecole de Cheins d'Aveugles d'lle de France
3 Rue Eugene Dorlet
F-77170 Coubert
France
+33 164-06-73-82 v
+33 164-06-67-42 f
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P Caffiot; Ecole de Cheins Guides d'Aveugles
Avenue Loius de Broglie
F-87280 Limoges
France
+33 555-37-03-31 v
+33 555-38-24-11 f
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Germany
S Grunberger; Blindenfuhrhundschule
Landgasse 2
D-78479 Insel Reichenau
Germany
+49 7534-1860 v
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G Boldhaus; Blindenfuhrhundschule
AM Grabfeld 18
D-99310 Arnstadt
Germany
+49 3628-604252 v
+49 3628-604252 f
Hungary
Magyar Vakok es Gyengrenlatok Orzagos Szovetsege
Hermina ut 47
H-1146 Budapest
Hungary
+36 1-227028 v
+36 1-227028 f
Serves Hungary
Ireland
Irish Guide Dogs Association
Mobility Training Center, Model Farm Road
Cork
Ireland
+353 21-870929 v
+353-21-874152 f
Serves Ireland, also other forms of mobility training
Italy
Regione Toscana - Scuola Nazionale Cani Guida per Ciechi
Via dei Ciliegi 26
I-50018 Scandicci Firenze
Italy
+39 55-7418 221 v
+39 55-7418-233 f
Serves Italy
Japan
A Gomibuchi; The Tochigi Guide Dog Centre
1285 Fukuoka-cho
Utsunomiya Tochigi
Japan
+81 2 8652-3883 v
+81 2 8652-1417 f
K Shioya; The Eye Mate Inc.
5-8-7 Sekimachi-Kita--Nerima-ku
177 Tokyo
Japan
+81 3 3920-6162 v
+81 3 3920-6063 f
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Korea
M Hyun; Samsung Guide Dog School for the Blind
310 Jeondae-ri; Pogok-Myon
Yongin-kun Kyonggi-Do
Korea
+82 335-20-3803 v
+82 335-20-8934 f
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Netherlands
F van Assema; Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands
Geledidehonden Fonds---Postbus 544
1180 AM Amstelveen
Netherlands
+31 20-496-45-51 v
+31 20-496-57-76 f
ves Italy
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
39 George Street, Private Bag 99941
1 Newmarket Auckland
New Zealand
+64 9-309-6333 v
+64 9-366-0099 f
Serves New Zealand, plus other services
Norway
T Gunderson; Norges Blindeforbunds Forerhundeskole
Nedre Skogvei 13
0281 Oslo
Norway
+47-22-52-06-47 v
+47 22-50-20-11 f
T Sannum; Lions Forerhundskole og Mobilitysenter
Vallegaten 11-0454
4 Oslo
Norway
+47 22-60-35-63 v
+47 22-6990-04 f
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Slovak Republic
Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union
Sekulska 1
84250 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
+421 7-720-796 v
+421 7-720-842 f
Serves Slovak Republic
South Africa
South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind
PO Box 67585
2021 Bryanston
South Africa
+27 11-705-3512 v
+27-11-465-3858 f
Serves South Africa
Spain
Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos Epanoles (ONCE)
Jose Ortega y Gasset 18
28006 Madrid
Spain
+34-91-614-5213 v
+34-91-613-2220 f
Serves Spain
Switzerland
H Adler; Verein fur Blindenhunde und Mobilitatshilfen
Waldweg 17
4312 Magden
Switzerland
+41 61-841-2042 v
+41 61-841-2042 f
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Stiftung Schweizerische Schule fur Blindenfuhrhunde
Markstallstrasse #6
CH-4123 Allschwil
Switzerland
+41 61-481-4420 v
Serves Switzerland
United Kingdom
Hillfields, Burghfield
Reading Berkshire RG7 3YG
United Kingdom
+44 1734-835555 v
+44 1734-835211 f
Serves the United Kingdom
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