Guide Dog Training

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Why does it cost that much to train a guide dog?

I heard on the news that it cost's fifty grand to train a guide dog!! Where does all the money go??? Why so much??????
Nah i know the blind person doesn't have to pay! I mean the government or whoever.

Guide dogs undergo extremely specialized training for their jobs. This type of training cannot be taught by your average dog trainer, which is why organizations specifically set up to train guide dogs exist. There is the cost of breeding, vet care, food, supplies, training, etc. Guide dogs must pass very strict temperament and health tests in order to make it into the training program to work towards becoming a guide dog.

Usually, the cost to the blind or visually impaired applicant is minimal due to grants or donations to the agency training the dog. Contrary to what some may think, tax payer's money is not used to train guide dogs.

Guide dogs are only one type of service dog. Other types of service dogs help the deaf, those with seizures or mobility impairments, etc. Generally, dogs that are trained for tasks other than hearing alerts or guiding are not able to be given to the disabled person free of charge. Each program has its own policies, but because dogs for the deaf and blind/visually impaired have been around longer, people are most familiar with them and more willing to donate money to those organizations to offset the costs involved to the disabled handler.

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