Dogs for the Disabled is a unique charity founded in 2007 to improve the lives of children and adults living with physical disabilities in Ireland. We deliver approximately 25 fully trained assistance dogs each year to our profoundly disabled partners. We operate on a budget of c. €300,000 per year. We have 5 core staff and the rest of our team is made up of our wonderful volunteers.
- We have developed a unique Assistance Dog Stability Programme for children.
- Our long term vision is to have a global reach by replicating our Assistance Dog Stability Programme around the world.
- We support each of our dogs for their entire life – from birth through to retirement.
- We run an ethical breeding and training programme – breeding and training all our own dogs in-house.
- Our goal is to continue serving and helping the most vulnerable in society.
- We work with the Irish Prison Service whereby inmates are actively involved in taking care and training of our pups.
