You make a big difference
Your support enables Guide Dogs Queensland to provide our Guide Dogs, White Cane Training – in fact all services – free of charge.
Our annual doorknock appeal known as our “Pawknock” raises vital funds to breed and train puppies and Guide Dogs.
Did you know it costs $30,000 to breed and train every Guide Dog, which we provide to blind and vision impaired Queenslanders at no cost?
By supporting the 2010 Pawknock, you will help our puppies begin the two-year journey of becoming a Guide Dog.
Your donation will go towards our puppies’ food, vet bills, training and even their much-loved soft toys and unique GDQ Learner coats.
You can be assured that each dollar you donate supports our services and all donations above $2.00 are tax-deductible.
Donate to our Pawknock Appeal today!
New Breeding Centre
In our 50th anniversary year, Guide Dogs Queensland also hopes to raise funds to build a much needed new breeding centre in Brisbane.
The breeding centre is where our puppies are born and every ‘whelping room’ is being used – yet we need to grow our colony.
Over the next 10 years, the incidence of degenerative eye problems will increase due to our ageing population and lifestyle choices. As a result demand for services is also expected to rise. We actually need to double the size of our current colony to meet this demand.
A new breeding centre has become the top priority of GDQ’s long-term Breeding and Training Centre Redevelopment. This new centre will cost $1.5 million and is a major undertaking for the association given we rely on the community to fund the vast majority of our services.
With $1.5 million, we will be able to double the size of our current breeding centre. The new GDQ Breeding Centre will accommodate the estimated 100-plus puppies born at the centre, providing four dedicated safe and state-of-the-art whelping areas for the litters’ arrival and six additional boarding rooms.
A socialising area, which is critical to puppy development, is also planned and would incorporate education space for visitors, tours and an interactive viewing area. Support facilities in the breeding centre will be a kitchen area, laundry and office space for staff. There will also be a reproductive laboratory/mating area and room to house broods and studs when in season.
General requirements for the new breeding centre incorporate both sustainable development measures, related to water conservation and waste management, as well as a high standard of material and design to ensure optimum hygiene for breeding stock and puppies.
The breeding centre is where our puppies are born and every ‘whelping room’ is being used – yet we need to grow our colony.
Over the next 10 years, the incidence of degenerative eye problems will increase due to our ageing population and lifestyle choices. As a result demand for services is also expected to rise. We actually need to double the size of our current colony to meet this demand.
A new breeding centre has become the top priority of GDQ’s long-term Breeding and Training Centre Redevelopment. This new centre will cost $1.5 million and is a major undertaking for the association given we rely on the community to fund the vast majority of our services.
With $1.5 million, we will be able to double the size of our current breeding centre. The new GDQ Breeding Centre will accommodate the estimated 100-plus puppies born at the centre, providing four dedicated safe and state-of-the-art whelping areas for the litters’ arrival and six additional boarding rooms.
A socialising area, which is critical to puppy development, is also planned and would incorporate education space for visitors, tours and an interactive viewing area. Support facilities in the breeding centre will be a kitchen area, laundry and office space for staff. There will also be a reproductive laboratory/mating area and room to house broods and studs when in season.
General requirements for the new breeding centre incorporate both sustainable development measures, related to water conservation and waste management, as well as a high standard of material and design to ensure optimum hygiene for breeding stock and puppies.
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Guide Dogs Queensland
Breeding and Training Centre
1978 Gympie Rd
Bald Hills, Qld, 4036
