GDUI Membership benefits
GDUI's members include guide dog handlers from all fifty U.S. states and Canada. This represents approximately 10% of the population of the U.S. who work with guide dogs. Few organizations of any type can claim membership by such a large portion of the population they serve. GDUI membership outside North America increases annually. Currently there are GDUI members in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Japan and several other countries.
GDUI's membership includes active, independent individuals from many backgrounds, age groups and walks of life. Accompanied by their guide dogs, GDUI members live full and rewarding lives as college students, corporate executives, parents, teachers, social workers, software engineers, writers, performers, day-care professionals, store managers, members of the clergy, political lobbyists, research scientists, travel agents, farmers, reporters and retirees, among others. While the majority of itts members are guide dog handlers, GDUI's membership also includes guide-dog training and mobility professionals, friends and family of people with guide dogs, prospective handlers, puppy-raisers and others. GDUI welcomes anyone, sixteen years or older, with an interest in the dog guide movement.
The one thing all of GDUI's members have in common is a heart-felt respect for the remarkable work done by skillfully trained and handled guide dogs. GDUI members raise, train or work with dogs from more than twenty different schools and training programs yet share a common appreciation of the role these dogs play in our lives and the lives of blind people around the world.
GDUI Membership benefits:
Fill out our online membership form, where you can also learn about other payment options. Options are an Annual or Lifetime Membership (both include PawTracks subscriptions) or a standalone PawTracks subscription (without a membership). Since GDUI is an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind (ACB), GDUI Members are also members of the ACB.