Seeing Eye Dog

Novartis Animal Health Australasia is a proud supporter of Seeing Eye Dogs Australia

Seeing Eye Dogs Australia provides Australians who are blind or vision impaired with the opportunity to participate as active members of the 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.

Raised and trained to be a guide and friend, SEDA dogs go through an extensive process before they are qualified and matched with a loving companion. This process takes up to two years before graduation.

Seeing Eye Dogs Australia is the only national organisation providing Seeing Eye Dogs free of charge to people who are blind or vision impaired. Among its many roles and services, SEDA's national centre in Victoria breeds and trains our own dogs. Pedigree Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers are mostly used. The puppies stay with SEDA's highly valued Volunteer Puppy Carers for 12 to 18 months before they commence 6 months of intensive schooling.

To help keep all the puppies and dogs on the Seeing Eye Dogs Australia program healthy, Novartis Animal Health Australasia proudly provides complimentary SENTINEL SPECTRUM to the organisation. 3-in-1 SENTINEL SPECTRUM ensures these very special dogs are protected against heartworm, intestinal worms (including tapeworm), and fleas.