What does it cost to receive a Canine Helpers dog?
Canine Helpers provides hearing, therapy and service dogs free of charge, however we are currently forced to charge for the compulsory team training class for the recipient due to limited funding. We have a $35 application fee and the recipient pays an additional $350 for the education course before placement. Facility Dogs are funded by the facility in which they will be working, or their own sponsor organisation. The cost of a Facility Dog is $1450, including the team training course. This is only approximately 10% of the value of everything that has been invested in the dog before placement. If you would like to sponsor a Canine Helpers dog to help us further reduce our costs, please contact us. Canine Helpers has a specific online appeal to collect funds which are then directly used to defray the cost of a team training course for a person with a disability who does not have sufficient income to fund their course. If you could contribute to this fund, it will help make our team tra
