P.O. Box 45857
Madison, WI 53744
TEL (608) 772-3787
FAX (866) 854-3291
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Thank
you for visiting The OccuPaws Guide Dog
Association's website. OccuPaws is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit, charitable organization located in
Madison, WI. OccuPaws is an
innovative, creative and life-changing organization dedicated
to empowering the visually impaired while raising
awareness and education for both adults and
children. Our mission is to place fully trained
guide dogs of excellent health and temperament with
Wisconsin and contiguous state residents (adults and
children) who have visual impairments at no charge.
Our
guide dog mobility and Children's Visual Companion Dog
custom
training sessions take place in the comfort of the
client's home environment as opposed to a guide dog
academy. We do this because we
believe that legitimate, personal circumstances (family
obligations, professional commitments or secondary
health conditions) should not prevent an otherwise
capable individual with a qualifying visual impairment
from enjoying the companionship and assistance a canine
guide can offer. Each completely trained dog and person is carefully
matched according to such traits as lifestyle,
personality, activity level, and walking speed.
In
addition to harness work and obedience commands, our
Licensed and Certified Guide Dog Trainer teaches each client about the learning
style of their particular guide dog, about various
aspects of canine behavior, and about the innate
characteristics of their guide dog's breed. By the
end of each custom in-home placement, the client will have
learned how to teach their guide dog new skills, and how
to work with and care for their canine visual partner
throughout the entirety of its career.
Our
hope is that our size and innovative training
practices will allow us to provide an extremely
supportive and highly customized experience to each of
our canine-person teams. Please help us by becoming a
volunteer puppy raiser, donating to OccuPaws to help us
place guide dogs or children's visual companion dogs or
becoming a volunteer at one of our fund raising events
to provide this unique visual aid to our visually
impaired community.
LATEST UPDATES
2012-01-12
- New Puppy, Jala, added to the
Our Dogs Page 2012-01-08
- Graduation video of Linus and
Jeannie added to Alumni Page 2011-12-20
- News article about Pennies for
Puppies added to Media Page 2011-12-05
- New puppy, status changes and updates to the
Our Dogs Page 2011-11-29
- Updates to the
Our Dogs Page
2011-11-12 - Updated
Special Thanks and Event Pages
2011-11-02
- Added new Link to Community
Changes
2011-10-14
- Added new puppy Howie to the
Our Dogs Page 2011-10-03
- Added new CGC titles to several
pups in Our Dogs 2011-09-23
- New events or information added
to Events Page 2011-09-17
- OccuPaws approved as a Candidate
for ADI Membership 2011-08-30
- Scout added to Our Dogs Page 2011-08-24
- Cinder (breeder) and several new
CGC's added to Our Dogs Page
2011-08-23
- Gus added to Our Dogs Page
2011-08-23
- New directors added to
Contact Us Page
