Guide and Hearing Dogs

Helping People With What They’re Missing

Name	Web	Types	Target Clients	Disabilities Served	Cost	Location	Founded	ADI Accredited?	IGDF Accredited?	Limited Area	Other Programs	Comments
Atlas Assistance Dogs	https://atlasdog.org	Service	Adults, Children	Autism, Diabetes, Hearing, Mobility, PTSD, Seizures	Minimum of $900 with volunteer trainers. Atlas also uses private trainers they have certified who then set their own fees.	Bellevue, WA 98009	2016	Yes	N/A	No – all US		Clients work with their own dogs and Atlas-certified trainers. Trainers set their own fees
British Columbia Guide Dog Services	https://bcandalbertaguidedogs.com	Guide, Service	Adults, Children, Veterans	Autism, PTSD, Blind/Visually-impaired	Free of charge	Delta, BC V4K 3N3	1996	Yes	Yes	Yes – British Columbia and Alberta		361 total graduates as of 10/25/25
Can Do Canines	https://candocanines.org	Service, Facility, Hearing	Adults, Children	Autism, Diabetes, Mobility, Seizures, Deafness/hearing	Free of charge	New Hope MN 55428	1989	Yes	N/A	Yes – Minnesota and Wisconsin		Will consider working with personal dogs
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind	https://www.guidedogs.ca	Guide, Service	Adults	Mobility, Blind/Usually-impaired	CA$1.00	Manotick, ON K4M 1A3	1984	Yes	Yes	No – all Canada
Canine Companions	https://canine.org	Service, Facility, Hearing, Therapy	Adults, Children, Veterans	Autism, Mobility, PTSD, Deaf/hearing-impaired	Free of charge	Santa Rosa, CA 95402	1975	Yes	N/A	No – all US		Oldest and largest service dog provider in the US. First member of Assistance Dogs International to receive full accreditation
Circle Tail, Inc	https://circletail.org	Hearing, Service, Facility, Therapy	Adults, Teens	Diabetes, Mobility, Seizures, Deaf/Hard of hearing	$25 application fee, $80/year International Association of Assistance Dog Partners membership	Pleasant Plain, OH 45162	1997	Yes	N/A	Yes – 90 mile radius of Pleasant Plain Ohio
CNIB Guide Dogs	https://www.cnib.ca/en	Guide	Adults, Children	Vision Loss	Free of charge	Carleton Place, ON K7C ON7	1918	No	Yes	No – all Canada
Dogs for Better Lives	https://dogsforbetterlives.org	Hearing, Service, Facility	Adults, Children	Autism, Deaf/hearing loss	Free of charge	Central Point, OR 97502	1977	Yes	N/A	No – all US except Hawaii		Travel to the client for training. Use both shelter dogs and breeders. Campuses in Oregon and Massachusetts
Dogs Inc. (formerly Southeastern Guide Dogs)	https://dogsinc.org	Guide, Service, Facility, Therapy	Veterans, Gold Star Families	Diabetes, PTSD, Vision Loss	Free of charge	Palmetto, FL 34221	1982	Yes	Yes	No – all US		Not currently accepting new applications 10/28/25
Duo Dogs, Inc.	https://duodogs.org	Hearing, Service, Facility, Therapy	Adults, Teens	Mobility, Hearing Loss	$100 application fee, $400 to $900 equipment fee	St. Louis, MO 63132	1981	Yes	N/A	No – All US and Canada		About 200 dogs placed since founding. Not currently accepting new applications 10/28/25
Eye Dog Foundation for the Blind	https://eyedogfoundation.com	Guide	Adults	Vision loss	Free of charge	Phoenix, AZ	1952	No	No	All US
Fidelco Guide Dogs	https://fidelco.org	Guide	Not stated	Vision loss	Not stated on website	Bloomfield, CT	1981	No	Yes	No – all US
Fidos for Freedom, Inc.	https://fidosforfreedom.org	Hearing, Service, Therapy	Adults, Veterans	Mobility, Hearing Loss, PTSD	Application fee of unstated amount	Laurel, MD 20707	1987	Yes	N/A	Yes – Baltimore-Washington DC metro area
Foundation Mira	https://www.mira.ca/en/	Guide, Service	Adults, Children	Autism, Mobility, Vision Loss	Free of charge	Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec	1981	No	Yes	No – All US and Canada		Over 3000 dogs placed
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc	https://freedomguidedogs.com	Guide	Adults, Veterans	Vision loss	Free of charge	Cassville, NY	1992	No	Yes	Yes – East coast of US
Golden Ears Hearing Dogs	https://www.goldenearsdogs.org	Service	Not stated	Hearing Loss	$150 application fee plus class fees	Tacoma, WA	1993	No	N/A	Yes – WA		Owner trained program taking two years
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs	https://www.medicalservicedogs.org	Service	Adults, First Responders, Veterans	Diabetes, Hearing Loss, Mobility, PTSD, Seizures	$70 application fee	Williston, FL	2010	No	N/A	No – all US		Over 399 dogs placed
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.	https://www.guidedog.org/Default.aspx	Guide, Service	Adults, Veterans	Vision loss	Free of charge	Smithtown, NY 11787	1946	Yes	Yes	No – all North America
Guide Dogs for the Blind	https://www.guidedogs.com	Guide	Adults, Children	Vision loss	Free of charge	San Rafael, CA 94903	1942	Yes	Yes	No – all North America		More than 16,000 teams since 1942
Guide Dogs of America/Tender Loving Canines	https://www.guidedogsofamerica.org	Guide, Service, Facility	Children, Veterans	Autism, PTSD, Vision Loss	Free of charge	Sylmar, CA 91342	1948	Yes	Yes	No – all North America
Guide Dogs of Texas	https://guidedogsoftexas.org	Guide	Adults	Vision loss	Free of charge	San Antonio, TX 78213	1989	Yes	Yes	Yes – Texas
Guide Dogs of the Desert	https://guidedogsofthedesert.org	Guide, Facility	Adults	Vision Loss	Free of charge	Palm Springs, CA	1972	No	Yes	No – all US		More than 900 client dog teams have graduated
Guiding Eyes for the Blind	https://www.guidingeyes.org	Guide	Adults, Teens	Vision loss	Free of charge	Yorktown Heights, NY	1954	No	Yes	No – All US and Canada		Over 10,000 teams placed
Hero Dogs Inc.	https://www.hero-dogs.org	Hearing, Service	First Responders, Veterans	Hearing Loss, Mobility, Other Medical, PTSD, Psychiatric	Free of charge	Brookville, MD 20833	2009	Yes	N/A	Yes – Washington DC metro within 50 mils of 20882 zip code
Leader Dogs for the Blind	https://www.leaderdog.org	Guide	Adults, Veterans	Vision loss	Free of charge	Rochester, MI 48307	1939	Yes	Yes	No – all North America
Leashes for Living	http://www.leashesforliving.com/index.html	Service, Therapy	Adults, Veterans	Diabetes, Hearing, Mobility, PTSD, Seizure	Not stated on website	Mendota, IL 61342		No	N/A	No – Near training center		Train your own dog program. Website is lacking details
Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides	https://www.dogguides.com	Guide, Hearing, Service, Facility	Adults, Teens	Autism, Diabetes, Mobility, Seizures, Vision Loss	Free of charge	Oakville, ON L6K 0G6	1985	Yes	Yes	No – all Canada		Over 3000 dogs placed
Mira USA	https://www.mirausa.org	Guide, Service	Children, Teens	Autism, Vision Loss	Free of charge	Pinehurst, NC	2009	No	Yes	No – all US
OccuPaws Guide Dog Association	https://occupaws.org	Guide	Adults	Vision loss	Free of charge	Madison, WI 53744	2005	Yes	Yes	Yes – Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, parts of Iowa, The UP of Michigan and Eastern Minnesota		Trainers come to client’s home
Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS)	https://pads.ca	Hearing, Service, Facility	Adults, First Responders, Veterans	Hearing Loss, Mobility, Other Medical, PTSD	$200 training & equipment fee	Burnaby, BC V3N 4G6	1987	Yes	N/A	Yes – Western Canada
Paragon Service Dogs	https://paragonservicedogs.org	Hearing	Adults	Hearing Loss	Free of charge	Henderson, CO 80640	1978	Yes	N/A	No – All US and Canada		Over 1400 dogs placed in teams since 1978
Pilot Dogs	https://www.pilotdogs.org	Guide	Adults, Teens	Vision loss	Free of charge	Columbus, OH 43215	1950	Yes	Yes	No – all North America
Sam Simon Assistance Dogs Foundation	https://www.samsimonfoundation.com	Hearing	Adults, First Responders, Veterans	Hearing Loss	Free of charge	Malibu, CA 90265	2003	Yes	N/A	Yes – CA
Service Dogs, Inc	https://www.servicedogs.org	Hearing, Service, Facility	Active Duty Military, Adults, First Responders, Veterans	Hearing Loss, Mobility	Free of charge	Dripping Springs, TX 78620	1988	Yes	N/A	Yes – Texas		Use shelter dogs
The Hearing Dog Program	https://www.hearingdogprogram.org	Guide, Hearing	Adults	Hearing Loss, Vision Loss	$25 application fee	San Francisco, CA	2008	No	N/A	Yes – CA, MT		Use rescue dogs
The Seeing Eye, Inc.	https://www.seeingeye.org	Guide	Adults, Veterans	Vision Loss, PTSD	$150 for first dog and $50 for successor dog (veterans pay $1)	Morristown, NJ 07963	1929	Yes	Yes	No – All US and Canada		18,000+ guide dog teams!