SEDA Home

Seeing Eye Dogs Australia is urgently in need of 35 loving homes for puppies in metropolitan Melbourne & Brisbane.

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

We need your help and support to continue. It costs approximately $30,000 and takes up to two years of intensive training for one Seeing Eye Dog to graduate with a client.

To enhance the mobility and independence of people who are blind or vision impaired throughout Australia by providing Seeing Eye Dogs, mobility training and rehabilitation services free of charge.

Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) is the only national trainer and provider of Seeing Eye Dogs in Australia and has been helping people who are blind or vision impaired for 49 years.

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (SEDA) was founded by Mrs P M Gration in 1960 and was the first training school for dog guides in Victoria. Mrs Gration believed the type of training existing at the time was not suitable to provide independent travel for people who are blind or vision impaired. The dogs had to be led onto trains, buses and trams. Mrs Gration felt this was not safe and developed a method of training that would involve the dog, under direction from the handler (person who blind ), leading the person through a series of obstacles as well as across roads. This included leading the handler on and off public transport, finding a seat and locating the entrance and exit points of a facility.

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog guide can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

Seeing Eye Dogs are very special animals and they need special friends to help them through their training at Camp SEDA- can you help?

Our Collection Dog Program is growing and we are looking for new volunteers who can donate one day a month to assist us and maintain the program within their own community. For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

Workplace giving is a Government endorsed, simple and effective way for employees to regularly donate to Seeing Eye Dogs Australia through automated payroll deductions.

SEDA Volunteers can assist us in areas such as Community Education including public speaking talks at schools and groups. These visits are vital to our future and if we have the commitment of volunteers, we will be able to expand this initiative and talk to more people about what we do and the importance of our services.

SEDA Volunteers can assist us in areas such as Community Education including talks at schools and to groups. These visits are vital to our future and if we have the commitment of volunteers, we will be able to expand this initiative and talk to more people about what we do and the importance of our services

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

The puppy caring program requires volunteers to care for a puppy in their home from the age of 8 weeks until they are approximately 12-18 months of age. Under the guidance of a SEDA puppy supervisor, puppies are taught basic obedience, house manners, socialised and trained to walk on lead in a relaxed manner with many of the commands they will use as a fully trained dog guide, Seeing Eye Dog.

It\\\\'s very rewarding being a volunteeer puppy carer for a Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, that\\\\'s why so many of our puppy carers have cared for as many as 3,4 or 5 pups already.

Our Seeing Eye Dog puppies are placed in homes at 8 weeks of age where they stay until they are approximately12 months old, at which time they come into the Kennels to begin their formal training. During their time in the home they are taught basic obedience, to walk on the left hand side, and to eat and go to the toilet on command...

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the dogs will graduate between eighteen months and two years old, they can Seeing Eye Dos work until they\\\\'re about eleven depending on their general health and the workload asked of them

It usually takes 4 - 5 weeks for the Client and Seeing Eye Dog to begin to work effectively together as a team.

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

Specsaver Optometrist Stores are opening Nationally and celebrating by raising money for Seeing Eye Dogs Australia

Remember, every dollar we raise for each Seeing Eye Dog raffle goes towards training more Seeing Eye Dogs for Australians who are blind or vision impaired.

Wednesday 29th April is an International Day of Celebration for Seeing Eye Dogs – a day to celebrate the important role of our special dogs and giving SEDA the opportunity to show off the great work they do.

\\\\\\\\\\'Paws For a Moment\\\\\\\\\\' Seeing Eye Dogs Australia\\\\\\\\\\'s National Newsletter

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

employment opportunities at Seeing Eye Dogs Australia SEDA.

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles

For a person who is blind, a Seeing Eye Dog is often essential in enabling them to be independent and active within the community. Their dog can provide mobility and security that might otherwise be threatened by everyday obstacles