Japan Service Dog Association is holding "Crowdfunding Using Hometown Tax Payment" until 23:59 on December 31 (Tuesday) Crowd Funding Using Hometown Tax Payment" is now available! ～Only a few days left until the end of the application period.

The Japan Service Dog Association (Training Center: Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, President: Tomoko Takayanagi) announces that the "Crowd Funding Using Furusato Tax Payment" currently under challenge will end at 23:59 on December 31, 2024 (Tuesday). We are pleased to inform you that the end date of the "Crowdfunding using Furusato Tax" is approaching. The current support is approximately 1.91 million yen (as of December 16, 2024) against the target amount of 5 million yen. We are continuing to appeal for support in order to reach our goal.

Japan Service Dog Association HP : https://s-dog.jp/

Crowdfunding through Furusato Tax Payment : https://www.furusato-tax.jp/gcf/3378

Furusato Tax Payment

In addition to the training and awareness-raising activities for "service dogs" to help people with physical disabilities become independent and participate in society, the association is involved in various activities to connect people with dogs that did not become service dogs. These include the transfer of dogs to families with disabled children, visits to hospitals and other facilities (animal assistance activities), animal-assisted therapy, and the dispatch of "attendant dogs" to support children who have been abused or sexually assaulted when they speak at judicial proceedings, among other activities that meet the needs of each individual.

About 70 to 80% of the dogs go on to careers other than these service dogs, but there is no public assistance for their training. The support through Furusato tax payment will be used for all activities of the association, including the above-mentioned projects.

Furusato Tax Payment by Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture

The possibilities for dogs are endless! We will be by your side as you take the first step (support for the activities of the Japan Service Dog Association)".

Website ： https://www.furusato-tax.jp/gcf/3378

Application period: ～23:59, December 31, 2024 (Tue.)

Returned goods: Limited to Furusato taxpayers! Original towel handkerchief

Product Details

Towel handkerchief】 1 piece *Color cannot be specified.

The original design is embroidered on Senshu towel.

Size: 34cm x 36cm

One towel handkerchief will be delivered regardless of the donation amount.

Limited products only available at Furusato Tax Payment are available as a return gift.

Returned towel handkerchief 1

Returned towel handkerchief 2

Returned towel handkerchief 2

■About Service Dogs

Service work

(Video about service dogs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax97xm69rcw&list=PL_z_gt1UjX5LvvOmluPEtMjZgChmZkwjT

A service dog is a dog trained to help people with disabilities in their hands and feet. Just as a guide dog acts as the eyes of a blind person and alerts him or her to obstacles and turns, a service dog acts as the hands and feet of a person with a physical disability and assists him or her with daily activities.

The service dog performs a functional role by performing assisted movements and also provides emotional support to the user. We have received comments from users such as, "Living with a service dog has reduced my anxiety about going out alone," "My family can now go out without worry," and "My service dog looks happy every day, which makes life on the human side more enjoyable and exciting.

There are currently 60 pairs of service dogs active in Japan (as of the end of September 2024), but there are said to be about 15,000 potential service dog applicants nationwide, and there are still not enough of them.

About the cost of training service dogs

How you can help

It costs approximately 2.5 to 3 million yen to graduate one pair of service dog and user.

It is necessary to pay for medical examinations and medical expenses from puppyhood, food and dog equipment, as well as transportation expenses to respond to prospective service dog owners throughout Japan. The cost of raising a service dog is approximately 5-7 million yen per year for veterinary care and 10 million yen per year for breeding, including costs for health management such as medical examinations, vaccinations, and treatment, kennel management, and transportation costs for training.

The service dogs are "loaned" to users free of charge, and more than 90% of the cost of fostering service dogs is covered by your donations.

About the Japan Service Dog Association

The Japan Service Dog Association is a social welfare organization that brings smiles to the faces of people in need through dogs, based on the basic stance of "believing in the potential of dogs and walking closely with each person's needs.

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We provide "service dogs" to people with limb disabilities to support their daily lives, "With You Project" to families with children with disabilities by carefully matching the individuality of both people and dogs, visits to hospitals (animal service activities), animal service therapy for specific patients at the request of doctors, and animal welfare activities for abused and sexually-affected children in the judicial system. Dog Intervention(R)" activities, such as dispatching dogs to accompany and support children who have been abused or sexually assaulted in judicial proceedings.

Initiatives to Connect People and Dogs

(Video about the efforts to connect people and dogs)

https://s-dog.jp/works/dog-Intervention

https://s-dog.jp/works/with-you-project

"Living with a service dog has reduced the number of  'Sorry's’ and increased the number of 'Thank you's.'"

A dog given to a family through the With You Project brought smiles to the faces of the whole family.

With a DI dog(R), I am not afraid of surgeries and treatments.

With a companion dog, I can talk with him without anxiety.

Animal-Assisted Therapy in Hospitals

We hope that as many people as possible who are suffering from difficulties will cooperate with our activities to bring smiles to their faces through dogs.