Help us train more life-changing guide dogs like Lester.

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“I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn’t for people like you who believe in helping blind and low vision people like myself to live a good life, and give us a sense of independence.” – Ocean

How your generosity makes a real difference

Your kindness helps us to train around 25-30 life-changing guide dogs each year.

These guide dogs help people who are blind, deafblind or low vision gain freedom and independence. But raising and training a guide dog can cost up to $50,000. 

With your generous support, we can continue matching more people in need with life-changing guide dogs.

You’re helping to fund our Guide Dog Development Centre.

Did you know we’re the only breeders and trainers of guide dog puppies in Aotearoa? Our guide dog puppies start their lives in our Guide Dog Development Centre with their mum, and are cared for with enrichment, exercise and lots of love by our staff.


A fully grown white Labrador booping the nose of a small black Labrador puppy laying on its back.
A cream Labrador puppy asleep upside down in a puppy raisers hands.
You’re helping us to find and support our amazing Puppy Raisers.

Our Puppy Placement and Development Advisors find amazing Puppy Raiser volunteers to provide 24-hour care, and visit them every two weeks through the first year of their life to offer one-to-one tuition and support.


We couldn’t keep providing our guide dog training without you.

Once guide dog puppies return to the Guide Dog Centre, our trainers work with six or more dogs at a time, giving them intensive training as well as support, all the equipment they need and of course lots of food. All things we couldn’t manage without your kind support.


A cream guide dog puppy laying in a yellow plastic tunnel, looking at the camera.
Ocean sitting on a park bench patting her cream coloured Guide Dog Lester.

Client and support services

We continue supporting people who are blind, deafblind or low vision, and their guide dogs, after they’re matched – in fact, as long as the special partnership between a person and their guide dog lasts. This could include one-on-one tuition, advocacy, technical support and so much more. All possible thanks to you!