Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center

Changing Lives. Together.

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Person walking an Israel Guide Dog in the park.

Guide dogs for People who are Blind

Israel Guide Dog and Veteran sitting on the bench.

Support Dogs for IDF veterans with PTSD

Israel Guide Dog playing with child in the yard.

Emotional support dogs for children ON THE autism SPECTRUM

Israel Guide Dog and person walking laps at the park.

About Israel Guide Dog Center

The Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind is dedicated to improving the
quality of life of visually impaired Israelis. We provide them with mobility, independence, self-confidence, and companionship through the faithful assistance of guide dogs specially trained in Hebrew to meet Israel’s rigorous and challenging environment.

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From all of us at the Israel Guide Dog Center, we

From all of us at the Israel Guide Dog Center, we wish you a Shana Tova!

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Feeling alone. It’s something that nearly every

Feeling alone. It’s something that nearly every blind person describes experiencing—regardless of the size of their family or the level of support they receive from their community…

Alone is exactly how Nili felt in her early forties when her doctor callously delivered the shocking news: She’d started falling down the stairs because she was beginning to go blind.

Because of donors like you, we were able to match Nili with her yellow Lab, Sheila, as soon as Nili’s degree of vision loss met the criteria.

Sheila has been Nili’s friend and constant companion as Nili’s vision deteriorates. Only 2% of Nili’s vision remains today, so she depends on Sheila completely.

Nili has never known what it’s like to be alone in her blindness since Sheila entered her life.

But that’s exactly what could happen if she’s not matched with a replacement dog soon. You see, Sheila has reached the age when we typically retire our guide dogs. Every dog will eventually slow down and pass on, and we don’t ever want a client to be suddenly all by themselves in the darkness. For Nili, that’s an especially frightening prospect.

Nili was an accomplished career soldier in the IDF for 27 years. Before her diagnosis, she was accustomed to being a doer and a caregiver, not the person being taken care of. As far as Nili was concerned, a guide dog was the only answer to her situation. “I didn’t want to be waiting at home, crying and dependent on someone else to take me places,” she said.

Today, Nili’s husband, children, and her young grandchildren have all grown to love Sheila. After all— Sheila changed their lives too! “Sheila has been like our family’s baby. She especially connects well with children,” Nili explained. “Retiring her will be a big and difficult change.”

Please give today—so no visually impaired Israeli has to face their difficulties alone. The link to make a gift is in our bio.

On behalf of all of our clients, our life-changing dogs, and everyone at the Israel Guide Dog Center, we thank you! L’Shana Tova!

Tongues Out! 📸- Rina Arbel Photo Description:

Tongues Out!

📸- Rina Arbel

Photo Description: A tiny yellow lab, in a mini training vest, licks his own nose in our puppy kindergarten.

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Snow (1.5 y.o) and Sally (4 m.o) showing some love

Snow (1.5 y.o) and Sally (4 m.o) showing some love.

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Photo Description: One large yellow lab and one smaller yellow lab nuzzle each other.

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