How much is a seeing eye dog worth?

Answer 1

To the person who it is helping .....PRICELESS.

Answer 2

Why do you ask? If one is blind, the dog is priceless.

Here is a quote from "The Seeing Eye", one of many guide dog orginizations:
6. How much does a Seeing Eye dog cost?

Each student is asked to pay $150 US or $225 Cdn for his or her first visit to The Seeing Eye and $50 US or $75 Cdn for each subsequent visit. This fee, unchanged since 1934, includes the cost of the dog and its initial equipment; the student's instruction with the dog; room and board during the 20 to 27 days the student spends at the school; round-trip transportation from anywhere in the United States or Canada; and lifetime follow-up services. This payment, which may be made in installments, covers a fraction of the total cost. To the student, however, it represents dignity and self-respect. No one has ever been denied a Seeing Eye dog for lack of funds.

Answer 3

Animals are like humans. There part of the family, a family member. A seeing eye dog is no different. In fact there more special because they help people who can't see. They are there eyes. For blind people there pet is all they have. Animals bring joy to peoples life's. So when you ask how much there worth they are worth more then life it's self. Priceless.

Answer 4

They are priceless to those whom they serve, but in reality, a service dog of any kind can be worth $7,000 all the way up to $30,000!!!

This is because of their highly-trained skills and abilities. Plus, a lot of them have insurance, which makes the value go up even more.

It is important that they have a net value because it is a federal crime under the ADA to kill, injure, steal, kidnap, or do anything else to a service dog. This makes the crime even worse to an offender because of the dog's worth.

My service dog is a self-trained/raised seizure response dog, and she also has numerous AKC awards and titles, making her net value at $17,400 currently.

Also, even show dogs have high values. A National Best in Show winner is considered very wealthy because of the champion heritage it carries. That dog will produce other champions no doubt, and also improve the breed just be living and being!!

But to make it easy, most dogs, no matter what they do, are priceless, plain and simple.

Answer 5

When you count puppy raising, training, training with the person getting the dog, and misc cost the Seeing Eye estimates the cost at $50,000 per dog/person partnership! I have often heard between $25,000-$50,000 used as the cost. It's not just the dog, but the training that adds up. Figure the trainers have to be paid, vets and vet care, food, meds if needed, housing for the dogs during training-it really adds up. My parents have a flunky seeing eye dog who failed his training-he chases cats. He is the most wonderful and docile Lab I have ever met. If he just didn't chase cats he would have made a stellar service dog-as it is he retired to a cabin in the woods with lots of space.

I assume you wanted the cost of the dog to the group, not to the person in need. Most groups charge only a small fee for the dog to the person in need of a service dog.

Answer 6

Most dogs are not sold. Many organizations donate the dogs to people. There are also government programs that provide the services to the handicapped. Most training facilities are government funded or receive support through corporations and such. I imagine if you have the money you can buy one but, I don't know what the cost would be. My dog was donated to me through the Lupus Foundation.

Answer 7

Worth to see.

Answer 8

If you are blind I would think it would be priceless. Come to think of it my little Maltese could not be purchased for anything and all he does is love me. Imagine if a dog also helped you "see".

Answer 9

In dollars, nothing.The people who get seeing eye dogs get them through a program, they dont pay for them.

Answer 10

it's got a lot of worth if ur blind