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What Are Guide, Hearing, and Service Dogs?
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Guide Dogs: Guide dogs assist persons who are blind or visually impaired
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Hearing Dogs: Hearing dogs assist persons who are deaf or hard of hearing by alerting their owners to sounds.
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Service Dogs: Service Dogs are individually trained to assist persons with visible or invisible disabilities to enable them to lead more independent lives.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound (ADC) is to provide a safe, supportive and educational environment that will enhance the partnership of persons with disabilities and their assistance dogs.
Membership and/or Newsletter
ADC submits enrollment to IAADP for Partner Members only during our September membership drive.
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Partner Membership: (Voting Member)
$40.00
Partner membership is for persons with a disability partnered with a SD or SDIT
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Friend membership: (Voting Member)
$30.00 or $40.00
Friend membership is for those who are friends and supporters who are not partnered with a SD or SDIT
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A person applying for a new partner membership must attend two (2) meetings.
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$40.00 with IAADP membership to receive Partner's Forum and $30.00 without IAADP.
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Monthly Newsletter Subscription - $25.00 per year
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ADC takes the health and safety of our assistance dogs and membership requirements very seriously. Those requirements include that all assistance dogs have had a recent fecal exam, is free of worms, use a preventative flea treatment and be current on all of their shots. If you wish to visit an ADC meeting and you have an assistance dog, please ensure that your dog has recently been tested and is free of worms, fleas, etc.
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If you are interested in becoming a member or visiting with us,
Click Here for Service Dog Behavior Guidelines
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Contact Us
The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound can be reached by e-mailing assist_dog_club@hotmail.com
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The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound (ADCPS) is granted nonprofit status under 501(c)(3) from the Internal Revenue Service
(Tax ID Number: 91-2080563).
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The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound (ADCPS) is a member of Guidestar.
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ADCPS is also registered with the State of Washington as an Exempt Charitable Organization
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In June of 2010 the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation awarded a grant in the amount of $2,000 to the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound to be used expressly for the purpose of our Emergency Vet Care Fund available to our members. Funding for this grant is provided by the Hayes Family Fund of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation. This donation has enabled ADCPS to reinstate the fund used to provide help for assistance dogs belonging to ADCPS members for necessary critical veterinary care.
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The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis covered by local law. If any person is in need of special assistance due to a disability or accommodation for a disability, please contact us at <assist_dog_club@hotmail.com>.
We welcome you to the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound and encourage you to get to know us by visiting the links above.
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