THE WAIT FOR A CNIB GUIDE DOG IS UP TO 4 YEARS!

Will you help end the wait?

Your gift is urgently needed

Monthly donations provide critical long-term support to help ensure no one ever has to wait longer than necessary to access the life-changing gifts of freedom, independence and mobility.

Your puppy progress reports

As a CNIB Guide Dogs monthly supporter, you’ll receive regular updates on various dogs and puppies as they progress through training. And as a small token of our enormous gratitude, we’ll also send you a fridge magnet featuring some of our puppies with purpose.

Please become a monthly supporter today.

What Your Support Makes Possible

It takes two years of hard work for a puppy to become a life-changer. There are five key steps for puppies on their path to becoming a CNIB Guide Dog and your vital monthly support means you’ll be there for them every step of the way.

0 WEEKS-8 WEEKS

The puppy spends their first precious weeks with their mother and siblings.

9 WEEKS–4 MONTHS

The puppy is placed with a volunteer puppy raiser, who helps them learn basic skills, commands,
and routines.

5-12 MONTHS

Still living with a volunteer puppy raiser, the puppy focuses on leash manners and socialization, including exposure to crowds, other animals, and public spaces.

13-24 MONTHS

Time to get serious at CNIB Canine Campus! The dog is introduced to the harness and works with a guide dog trainer to learn how to be a guide dog.

AROUND 24 MONTHS

Show time! The guide dog is matched with a Canadian who is blind, and they learn to work together, on a journey that you helped make possible!

Your donations at work

We believe that the cost of owning a guide dog should never be a barrier to independence, and your gift ensures handlers never pay a cent.

As a monthly donor, you’re supporting the raising and training of our puppies, along with other vital programs and services that change what it is to be blind in Canada.

Please become a CNIB Guide Dogs Sponsor

Your support is urgently needed today to help bring freedom and independence to Canadians waiting for guide dogs.

Donate to support vital programs, like CNIB Guide Dogs, and change what it is to be blind.