Does Your Service Dog Qualify?

The 4th ACVO National Service Dog Eye Exam event will provide a free screening eye exam to Service Dog Groups including: guide dogs, hearing dogs, handicapped assistance dogs, detection dogs, police dogs, search & rescue dogs, and formally trained and certified therapy dogs(through the Delta Society or similar). Dogs must be active "working dogs" that were certified by a formal training program or organization or are currently enrolled in a formal training program to qualify. The certifying organization could be national, regional or local in nature. essentially the dogs need to have some sort of certification and/or training paperwork to qualify for this particular program.

While we would like to offer these services top all dogs who offer assistance to their owners/caretakers, this event will be limited to the above groups. There are limited 'slots' available to treat these animals therefore a specific group was defined.

The definition of Service Dogs to be served during this event applies only to this ACVO National Service dog Eye Exam Day. Your veterinary ophthalmologist may offer a separate program outside of this event for Service Dogs, but you would need to speak with them separately.

How to register for the event:
To qualify animals must be 'active working animals' that were certified by a formal training program or organization or are currently enrolled in a formal training program to qualify. The certifying organization could be national, regional or local in nature. Other animals are welcome to participate (i.e. horses, cats, etc.), as long as they meet the stated qualifications. Additional registration details can be found at www.ACVOeyeexam.org.

Owner/agents for the animal(s) must FIRST register the animal via an on line registration form beginning April 1st at www.ACVOeyeexam.org registrartion ends April 29th.
Once registered on line, the owner/agent will be allowed access to a list of participating ophthalmologists in their area and may contact a specialist to schedule an appointment. Appointments will take place during the month of May, times may vary depending on the facility and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. To learn more about and to register for the ACVO™/Merial™ National Service Dog Eye Exam Event, please visit. www.ACVOeyeexam.org