Freedom Guide Dogs

Freedom Guide Dogs Freedom Guide Dogs provides professionally trained guide dogs at no cost to blind & visually impaired individuals. www.freedomguidedogs.org

Based in upstate NY, we bring personalized Hometown Training directly to clients across the Eastern U.S. Freedom's Hometown Training program allows a certified guide dog instructor to bring a trained guide dog right to the blind person's home where they train for 2 weeks in a familiar, home setting. This is at no cost to the client.

08/11/2026

There are many different puppy raising opportunities. Let us help you find the one that works best for your lifestyle!

Whether you’re able to make a longer commitment, help for a shorter period of time, or support a puppy along part of their journey, your time can make a life-changing difference. ❤️

Puppy raisers help introduce future guide dogs to the world around them, build their confidence, practice good manners, experience new environments, and develop the skills they’ll need for their future careers.

🏡 Find the puppy raising opportunity that fits YOU.
🐕 Help raise the next generation of guide dogs.
❤️ Become part of a journey that changes lives.

Become a puppy raiser today!

https://freedomguidedogs.com/puppy-raiser-application/



🎥 Video Description: Three young dogs an English Cream Golden Retriever, black Lab, and yellow Lab run toward the camera. Overlay text: “Which guide dog puppy will you raise?” An energetic black Lab runs through the grass toward the camera. Overlay: “big boys.” Three small Lab puppies climb on a plastic slide. Overlay: “itty bitty boys.” A yellow Lab wearing a brown hat and red vest confidently walks down a sidewalk toward the camera. Overlay: “Mississippi boys.” A black Lab wearing a red vest walks with a person through a store. Overlay: “city boys.” A tri-colored Collie wearing a blue bandana stands atop a low retaining wall outdoors. Overlay: “pretty boys.” An English Cream Golden Retriever wearing a red vest and bow tie sits and looks toward the camera. Overlay: “with a bow tie.” A black Lab sits in a grassy field with his tongue out. Overlay: “get your nails did.” A sable Smooth Coat Collie and a young girl walk down a sidewalk toward the camera. Overlay: “Let it blow dry.” A black Bouvier des Flandres wearing a red vest looks up toward the camera. Overlay: “I like a big beard.” A yellow Lab with a serious expression sits on a porch in front of blue doors. Overlay: “I like a clean face.” Three puppies a black Lab, English Cream Golden Retriever, and yellow Lab sit in front of a red and white Freedom Guide Dogs sign. Overlay: “Become a puppy raiser today.”

Help Us Make the Legacy Luncheon Extra Special! 🧺As we prepare for our upcoming Legacy Luncheon honoring the lives and l...
08/10/2026

Help Us Make the Legacy Luncheon Extra Special! 🧺

As we prepare for our upcoming Legacy Luncheon honoring the lives and legacy of Eric and Sharon Loori, we’re inviting our friends, families, volunteers, local businesses, and community partners to be part of this meaningful day by donating a raffle basket!

Eric and Sharon’s dedication to Freedom Guide Dogs created a legacy that continues to change lives today. This luncheon is an opportunity to come together, celebrate that incredible legacy, and support the mission they cared so deeply about. ❤️🦮

We would love to fill our raffle with creative baskets and experiences donated by the wonderful community that surrounds Freedom Guide Dogs.

☕ Coffee & local favorites
🍿 Family or movie night
🐾 Dog lover’s basket
🍂 Fall favorites
🍽️ Dining & gift cards
🧖‍♀️ Spa & self-care
🎟️ Experiences & entertainment
🧺 Or create a theme of your own!

Would you like to donate a basket? Sign up today!
👉 https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0445A4AE2DA0FFC16-64503124-erics?useFullSite=false

Every basket, big or small, helps make this special celebration possible and helps us continue the work that Eric and Sharon dedicated so much of their lives to.

Together, we can honor their lives, celebrate their legacy, and carry their mission forward. ❤️

Please share this post or tag a friend or local business that might like to participate!

*Puppies will not be raffled off*

08/07/2026

Does he like sports? ⚾🏀
Does he help you cross the street? 🚦
Does he like shopping? 🛍️

WE DO. 🐾💙

From puppies learning the ropes to guide dogs confidently leading the way, our dogs experience a little bit of everything! 🦮✨

Ball games, busy stores, city streets, new places, new sounds and LOTS of adventures — it’s all part of preparing them for the very important job ahead.

Because raising a future guide dog means getting out there, experiencing the world, and learning how to navigate it with confidence. 💙🐾

We train. We explore. We learn. WE DO. 🦮

Three guide dogs (two black labs and a yellow lab) sitting in front of a red and white sign reading “Freedom Guide Dogs”. Two puppies in training wearing red vest resting calmly in front of stadium seats. Overlay Text says “Does he like sports?” “We Do!”. An English Cream Golden Retriever swim in a clear, shallow creek. Overlay Text says “Does he like to swim?” “I do!”. Three guide dog puppies walking with puppy raisers across a marked pedestrian crosswalk in a town. Overlay Text: “Does he help you cross the street?” “We do!” A small yellow lab in a red training vest calmly walks alongside someone pushing a shopping cart through the grocery store. Overlay Text: “Does he like shopping?” “We do!”

This National Assistance Dog Week, we are proud to celebrate the incredible role that guide dogs play as highly trained ...
08/04/2026

This National Assistance Dog Week, we are proud to celebrate the incredible role that guide dogs play as highly trained assistance dogs, providing independence, confidence, and safe mobility to people who are blind or visually impaired.

Every Freedom Guide Dog represents years of dedication from our breeding program, puppy raisers, volunteers, trainers, staff, donors, and supporters. Together, they help create partnerships that empower individuals to travel with greater freedom and live more independently.

Thank you to everyone who makes these life-changing guide dog partnerships possible. Your support helps change lives, one team at a time.

Happy National Assistance Dog Week! 🐾❤️

What an incredible week at CABVI’s Camp Abilities!Freedom Guide Dogs puppy in training, Iris, proudly sponsored by CABVI...
07/31/2026

What an incredible week at CABVI’s Camp Abilities!

Freedom Guide Dogs puppy in training, Iris, proudly sponsored by CABVI, had the opportunity to spend time with the campers this week as they built confidence, independence, and teamwork through adaptive sports and activities.

Thank you to CABVI for providing such an inspiring experience and for all you do to empower children who are blind or visually impaired. We were honored to be a small part of it!





📸by Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired - CABVI

13 Weeks Until We Honor a Legacy That Changed Lives.In just 13 weeks, we will gather to celebrate the lives of our found...
07/26/2026

13 Weeks Until We Honor a Legacy That Changed Lives.

In just 13 weeks, we will gather to celebrate the lives of our founders, Eric and Sharon Loori, and the incredible legacy they created when they founded Freedom Guide Dogs in 1992. Their vision of providing professionally trained guide dogs at no cost to people who are blind or visually impaired continues to change lives every day.

While we continue to miss Eric and Sharon beyond words, we want our Freedom family to know that the mission they dedicated their lives to remains strong. Every day, their legacy lives on across our campus. Puppies continue to be born. Dedicated volunteers continue raising future guide dogs with love and commitment. Our trainers continue preparing dogs for their important careers. Guide dog teams continue to be matched, trained, and placed, giving individuals who are blind or visually impaired the gift of greater independence.

Their legacy is not only remembered. It is being lived every single day. Freedom Guide Dogs remains deeply committed to carrying their vision forward, ensuring that the lives they touched continue to inspire the lives we change tomorrow.

We are incredibly grateful to share that we are more than halfway toward our goal of raising $30,000 in their memory. Every donation, every sponsorship, every ticket purchased, and every raffle basket donated helps ensure their life’s work continues for generations to come.

There are many ways to be part of this special celebration:
🐾 Make a memorial donation
🐾 Purchase tickets to attend the Legacy Luncheon
🐾 Become an event sponsor
🐾 Donate a raffle basket for our Legacy Chinese Auction

Together, we can honor Eric and Sharon’s extraordinary legacy while helping write the next chapter of Freedom Guide Dogs.

Learn more and get involved by visiting:
https://freedomguidedogs.com/legacy/

07/18/2026

A Netflix documentary worth watching! 👀🍿🎬

Every time a guide dog puts on their harness, they’re making hundreds of decisions most of us will never notice.

*disclaimer: this is a current trend, there is no documentary in the making. But if Netflix would like to make one, we’re ready!*

Netflix

Baseball Hall of Fame Week is Here! ⚾Hall of Fame Week has transformed Cooperstown into one of the busiest places in New...
07/18/2026

Baseball Hall of Fame Week is Here! ⚾

Hall of Fame Week has transformed Cooperstown into one of the busiest places in New York, with thousands of baseball fans filling the streets to celebrate the game’s greatest legends.

For Freedom Guide Dogs, this also creates one of the best training environments for our future guide dogs. The bustling sidewalks, busy intersections, heavy traffic, outdoor dining, strollers, shopping districts, and constant activity provide invaluable real-world experiences that simply can’t be replicated anywhere else.

Every trip to Cooperstown helps our dogs build confidence, strengthen their focus, and practice navigating the kinds of challenging environments they may one day encounter alongside a person who is blind or visually impaired.

While baseball history is being celebrated this weekend, our future guide dogs are hard at work preparing to make history of their own by changing lives, one partnership at a time. 💙🐾

Meet Magnolia! 💛🐾Say hello to Magnolia, a future Freedom Guide Dog proudly sponsored by the Zephyrhills Lions Club!Magno...
07/17/2026

Meet Magnolia! 💛🐾

Say hello to Magnolia, a future Freedom Guide Dog proudly sponsored by the Zephyrhills Lions Club!

Magnolia is currently in our puppy program, where she is building the foundation of skills, confidence, and obedience she’ll need for her future career as a guide dog.

The Zephyrhills Lions Club has been an incredible supporter of Freedom Guide Dogs, and we are so grateful for their continued generosity year after year. Their dedication to serving individuals who are blind or visually impaired is making a lasting impact.

Magnolia is the second puppy sponsored by the Zephyrhills Lions Club. Their first sponsored puppy, Leah, is now in Formal Training and one step closer to becoming a certified guide dog.

Thank you to the Zephyrhills Lions Club and to all of our Lions Clubs for believing in our mission and helping transform lives, one puppy at a time. Your partnership truly makes this work possible. 💙🦮

Today is another day of moving forward with purpose.The past several weeks have brought unimaginable loss to the Freedom...
07/15/2026

Today is another day of moving forward with purpose.

The past several weeks have brought unimaginable loss to the Freedom Guide Dogs family. While we continue to grieve the passing of our beloved founders, Eric and Sharon Loori, we are reminded every day that their vision lives on through the work happening across our organization.

Puppies are learning. Puppy raisers are volunteering countless hours. Dogs are training. Clients are gaining independence. Lives continue to change.

Every wagging tail, every milestone reached, and every guide dog team we create is a reflection of the foundation Eric and Sharon built over more than three decades.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with kind words, prayers, donations, and unwavering support. Your compassion has carried us through one of the most difficult chapters in our organization's history.

As we look ahead, we remain committed to honoring their legacy by continuing the mission they dedicated their lives to.

The work continues. The legacy lives on.

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1210 Hardscrabble Road
Cassville, NY
13318

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 3:30pm
Thursday 7am - 3:30pm
Friday 7am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+13158225132

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