THE FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION, INC.
103 Old Iron Ore Road, Bloomfield, Conn. 06002
www.fidelco.org

NEWS RELEASE               
Contact: Sue Holt Brown

For Immediate Release                            
Office: 860-243-4047 

Date: April 14, 2008   

FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION, INC.
OFFERS GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES TO QUALIFIED HOMES

Foster Homes: The First Step in Guide Dog Training

 

           

Bloomfield, Conn.- The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc. (Fidelco) is accepting applications for its Foster Family Program; which is the first step in training guide dogs for people with visual disabilities. Interested persons must fill out an application available at www.fidelco.org  or by regular mail. Fidelco’s address is 103 Old Iron Ore Road, Bloomfield, Conn., 06002. Applications can also be requested by e-mail at fosters@fidelco.org and by phone at 860-243-4047. Upon receipt of the application, requestors will be contacted.

            Applicants and their pups must attend Saturday training sessions at Fidelco’s Bloomfield facility to teach their pups basic obedience skills and to socialize the dogs. Fosters keep their pups until it is time to return their dogs to Fidelco for formal guide dog training.

            “Fosters are an integral part of our training effort,” said Sue Holt Brown, director of the Fidelco Foster Family Program. “We currently have more than 100 foster families in the area but we’re always on the lookout for additional families that may qualify to raise a Fidelco pup in their homes.”

            Fidelco is a non-profit organization that breeds, trains and places its own, unique breed of German shepherd guide dogs with people who have visual disabilities. Fidelco relies solely on the gifts and the generosity of individuals, foundations, corporations and civic organizations.