Guide Dogs

Guide dogs are highly-trained working animals that help provide mobility, safety and increased independence for people with vision loss.

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Assistance Dogs

An assistance dog is a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability. Many are trained by a specific organization, while others are trained by their handler (sometimes with the help of a professional trainer).

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"The more people I meet the more I like my dog." ~ Unknown

Guide & Assistance Dog Conference

The 10th National Guide & Assistance Dog Conference
October 17, 18 & 19 2013
Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
Burnaby, BC
Contact: secretary@pawsforindependence.ca

Goals

The main goals of PAWS are to:

      facilitate a biennial conference for people who are involved with guide and assistance dogs.
      provide education and awareness to members of the public on appropriate ways to assist people with disabilities, especially those who use a working dog.

List of Services

Community Education
Facilitation of Workshops
Service Animal Funding Program
Peer Support Services
National Guide & Assistance Dog Conference Website

Our Mission

To provide resources to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities and facilitate community awareness.

“A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide” ~ Samuel Butler (English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902)

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