Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) will customize guide dog mobility training to fit the needs of each student. GDB also provides guide dogs for individuals in wheelchairs.
Hi GDB! As a recent grad of this program (2 days out) I think this is an amazing. Michele is such a wise woman to have created the wheelchair program. I am so happy I chose to go to GDB! The video is awesome. Thanks trainers, Dawn K.
I went to this school for my first dog in 2000. I'm from Newfoundland, Canada. In 2004 after a spinal cord injury they told me I would have to get a new dog and use a power chair instead of a manual wheelchair. I taught my guide dog to guide me while using a manual chair and am still working with her. I was not going to give up my independence by using a power chair.
They wont train dogs for people with manual chairs. I'm training my own dog this time. Contact them and see if they can help.
I'm a blind wheelchair user. I'd love to have a guide dog but I live too far away from this school. There's a school with a wheelchair program near me but they have a 5 year waiting list for their wheelchair program.
God Bless GDB!
Menzel12846 1 month ago
Hi GDB! As a recent grad of this program (2 days out) I think this is an amazing. Michele is such a wise woman to have created the wheelchair program. I am so happy I chose to go to GDB! The video is awesome. Thanks trainers, Dawn K.
batyaceallaigh 2 years ago
I went to this school for my first dog in 2000. I'm from Newfoundland, Canada. In 2004 after a spinal cord injury they told me I would have to get a new dog and use a power chair instead of a manual wheelchair. I taught my guide dog to guide me while using a manual chair and am still working with her. I was not going to give up my independence by using a power chair.
They wont train dogs for people with manual chairs. I'm training my own dog this time. Contact them and see if they can help.
WildkatPublishing 2 years ago
I'm a blind wheelchair user. I'd love to have a guide dog but I live too far away from this school. There's a school with a wheelchair program near me but they have a 5 year waiting list for their wheelchair program.
wheelchair1977 2 years ago
Those dogs are blessed to be working with their loving partner
kyoum1 3 years ago
aww so nice of the dogs!
hamyman123 3 years ago