List of Guide Dog Schools
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A list of guide dog or dog guide schools world wide.
Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles. Although the dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are partially (red-green) color blind and are not capable of interpreting street signs. The human half of the guide dog team does the directing, based upon skills acquired through previous mobility training.
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[edit] Africa
- South African Guide-Dogs Association: Santon, South Africa External - www.guidedog.org.za
[edit] Antarctica
- None - All dogs are banned on the Continent by the Antarctic Treaty [1]
[edit] Asia
- China Guide Dog Training Center: Dalian Medical University in Dalian, in northeast China, Liaoning Province [2] External - Dalian Medical University
[edit] Europe
[edit] North America
- Guide Dogs for the Blind: San Rafael, California External - Guide Dogs for the Blind website
- Leader Dogs for the Blind: in Rochester, Michigan External - Leader Dogs for the Blind website
- Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind: Smithtown, New York Extermal - Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. website
- Pilot Dogs: Columbus, Ohio External - Pilot Dogs, Inc. website
- Guide Dogs of America: Sylmar, California External - guidedogsofamerica.org
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind: Yorktown Hts, New York External - www.guidingeyes.org
- The Seeing Eye, Inc: Morristown, New Jersey External - www.seeingeye.org
- The Eye Dog Foundation: Phoenix, Arizona External - www.eyedogfoundation.org
[edit] Oceania
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT - Australia [3]
- Seeing Eye Dogs Australia [4]
- Royal New Zealand Federation of the Blind; Guide Dog Services in Newmarket, Auckland New Zealand Also provides guide dogs to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Fiji, Hawaii, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan [5] External - RNZFB's Guide Dog Services website
[edit] South America
- Centro Integra de Treinamento de Cães-Guia: Brasilia, Brazil The first Latin American training center for guide dogs [6] External - Not Found
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ASSISTANCE DOGS INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY (Web). Assistance Dogs International, Inc. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
- Guide Dog Schools (Web). Duxbury Systems. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
