Guide Dogs Singapore

GDS advocates the use and normalization of using guide dogs in helping the visually handicapped, especially allowing guide dogs to enter food establishments.

[2] GDS has trained 11 guide dogs, of which 6 are in operation.

[6][7] In 2013, Law Minister K. Shanmugam stated at a dinner organized by GDS that there has to be a, "more supportive regulatory framework" towards guide dogs.

[8] In 2017, Christina Teng became Singapore's first local guide dog instructor after undergoing training at Guide Dogs Victoria in Melbourne from 2018 to 2020 to get her Guide Dog Mobility Instructor certificate.

[3] In 2018, GDS planned to raise S$100,000 to train 2 more guide dogs.