Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation

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For more than sixty years, Fidelco’s mission has remained focused on bringing increased safety, mobility, independence, and confidence into the lives of people who are blind, through trusted guide dog partnerships. 

The Fidelity Breeders Cooperative, predecessor to the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, was founded in 1960. During its first 20 years, the Fidelity Breeders Cooperative gave its specially bred German Shepherd Dogs to guide dog organizations in the United States.  In 1981, Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation was established as a guide dog breeding and training organization.  To date, more than 1,600 Fidelco German Shepherd guide dogs have been trained and placed with people who are blind across North America. 

Fidelco is the only guide dog organization that exclusively breeds, trains, and places the German Shepherd Dog. Fidelco’s German Shepherd Dog is purpose-bred for intelligence, temperament, stamina, and stability to meet the intense demands of 24/7 guide dog work. Fidelco’s German Shepherd guide dogs devote an average of 10 years providing increased safety and independence to their human partners.

Fidelco guide dogs are provided at no cost to people who are legally blind.  Clients are found in every walk of life and include veterans, students, teachers, athletes, busy parents and grandparents, and active retirees.

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Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation

27 Cannon Road
Wilton, Connecticut 06897

Risa Nicolosi
rnicolosi@fidelco.org
http://www.fidelco.org