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Seeing an Assistance Dog at work is a heart-warming experience, and the journey of training and preparing one to join their new owner’s life is incredibly rewarding for everyone involved. If you’ve ever wanted to be part of this process but weren’t sure where to begin, or what role you could play, we’ve got you covered. In this edition of Therapy Dog Thursday, we’re excited to share a few ways you can get involved in the training and raising of a future Assistance Dog.
Volunteer as a Puppy Raiser! Welcome a beautiful puppy into your home (and heart) and help play a vital role in potentially raising a future Guide Dog who will assist someone with low vision or blindness in their day to day tasks. As a puppy raiser, you will love, nurture and help expose your puppy to the world, to help grow them into a confident and well socialised dog. Guide Dogs support you every step of the way with on going support from their Puppy Raising network and also cover costs of food, vet bills, collars, toys etc. Want to find out more? Visit their website here and register your expression of interest to learn more!
Volunteer to support a Breeding Dog! With Assistance Dogs Australia, you can share in a really special moment, by taking in a Mum-To-Be, pregnant breeding dog and supporting her through her pregnancy and birth. These beautiful babies will remain in your home until around 8 weeks of age. Your job during this time is to provide love, safety and a secure space inside for Mumma and, when they arrive, her pups. Support is provided by ADA during the entire process. Please be aware, carer's for this role must live within a reasonable distance from the ADA National Training School in Waterfall NSW. As most of our readers live in Victoria is would be great if you shared this opportunity with dog loving friends who live in NSW so they and then share this on with their networks - you never know who knows who - It's a small world these days! If you, or someone you know, would be a suitable 'Brood Carer', find out more here. You can also find other ways you can volunteer with Assistance Dogs Australia here!
Provide your salvia... no really! Lions Assistance Dogs need your saliva - that is providing you are a Type 1 Diabetic. Volunteers who provide their Type 1 Diabetic salvia are assisting in training Diabetic Alert Dogs - without even having to leave your home! To qualify to provide your salvia you must - Be a Type 1 Diabetic - Have well managed diabetes and it be safe for you to fall outside of the normal blood glucose range Lions Assistance Dogs provide collection kits and then freeze the salvia to store it until it is needed for training. Without these samples, they are unable to train their Diabetic Alert Dogs. Visit the Lions Assistance Dogs website here for more information on providing your salvia as well as other ways you can volunteer to support them.  These amazing organisations could not operate without the efforts of amazing volunteers and donations. To donate, visit the websites below.
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