A guide dog for you?

Interested in a guide dog? Then please click, here.

or phone us on

061 487 95 95

 

 

Keen to bring up a puppy?

Become a puppy carer for about a year.

 

 
News:

 

23-25 May 2012

SightCity

in Frankfurt

stand E15

 

2-10 June 2012

Südwest Messe

Villingen

stand B83

demonstrations:

Do. 11:00 & 15:00

 

starting 1st Jan. 2012

Fides
Assistenzhunde

in Allschwil

Fides Website

 

Open Days

1st Saturday of the month

15:00 h

info
 

Open House

Sunday, 2nd Sep. 2012

10:00-16:00 h

photos 2011

 
40 years!

1972-2012

 

 

In numbers

Guide Dogs in service

  • 158 working units, thereof 120 in Switzerland, 33 in Germany, 3 in France und 2 in Austria

 

Currently in training

  • 32 Dogs

 

Number of trained Guide Dogs 1972-2011

  • 823 guide dogs

 

Number of puppies born in Allschwil 1972-2011

  • 1'633 puppies

 

Team

  • 37 persons, working the equivalent of 30 full time jobs

 

School

  • Founded 1972 in Allschwil
  • since 2002 in a new building at the original site

 

Financing

  • More than 80% of the school’s costs are financed by donations, financial contributions of all kinds and – gratifyingly – by a growing number of legacies and inheritances.
  • The Swiss invalid insurance scheme (Invalidenversicherung = IV) pays the school a monthly rental fee of CHF 350.- for guide dogs on active service and covers the cost of introducing the dog at the home of the recipient.
  • Other funds come from the sale of promotional items from our shop.
  • The school receives no state subsidies of any kind.

 

Costs

  • The total costs for 1 guide dog are approx. CHF 65'000.00. But the dog and all the services offered are free of charge to the blind and the visually impaired.
  • The costs are being covered by the Swiss invalid insurance and – thanks to your generous donations – by our Foundation.