Charities & Causes

Guide Dog

Charities & Causes

Posted by: bluegirl

18th Nov 2010 04:14pm

I am a Puppy Sponsor for the Guide Dogs but the amount of mail I receive from them is amazing. Surely the money could be put to better use.

jjdrer
  • 18th Aug 2011 11:14am

Guide dogs need puppy educaters, people who care for them with advise from the relevant organisation. Food, bedding etc. is provided.
Basically all costs are covered. You have to walk them every day, and train them in the methods provided. They are toilet trained prior to educators receiving them. One I know goes to the office with its educater quite often. You have them for approx 12 months before they are handed back to be trained to the next stage. If they fail to reach the standard required for a guide dog, they may become therapy dogs. One became a therapy dog at a nursing home, another a therapy dog for yars 11 - 12 at a school for disabled students.


Cancel

Help Caféstudy members by responding to their questions, or ask your own in Café Chat, and you will get the chance of earning extra rewards. Caféstudy will match these and donate equally to our two chosen Australian charities.

Food Bank Australia not only plays a lead role in fighting hunger, but also a vitally important role in tackling Australia’s $20 billion food waste problem and helping the environment.
Australian Marine Conservation Society are an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of scientists, educators and passionate advocates who have defended Australia’s oceans for over 50 years.
ReachOut is the most accessed online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia. Their trusted self-help information, peer-support program and referral tools save lives by helping young people be well and stay well. The information they offer parents makes it easier for them to help their teenagers, too.