I don't know where you live, but here in Canada Service dogs can be provided at no cost to the people who get them, if they cannot afford to pay for them. Contact the people who train service dogs(the National Schools if none are local) I am sure you will find someone who can help you. There is one group who were on the News last night who help people do fund raising for a dog if they can't afford to pay the full cost. If you search, I am sure you can find one. By the way, I am a Breeder and my Purebred Collies sell for under $1000, there are other purebreds that sell for less around here all the time. Just keep looking.

Wendy

I think service dogs do some really wonderful work for people with all kinds of medical conditions. Recently I read about a dog that wakes its owner that has sleep apnea whenever she stops breathing...that dog has saved its owner's life countless times! It's a shame that cost is a factor in getting service animals to the people that need them, but I've heard of charities and other initiatives that exist to help out. I suppose your ability to take advantage of those services depends on where you live...rural Maine, unfortunately, may be off these organization's radar screens.

its very true service dogs can be a big help when it comes to dangers.They can help to save your life if you run into any danger.They said I will go blind when im 40 or so if that happens I would get dogs that are trained to help blind people out.

I did not know that they trained service dogs for this type of condition. This is a very informational article(at least for me lol.) You may try placing ads on classifieds or pet sites. Just advertise what you need the dog for and hopefully someone will have an unwanted dog that they would give you. You could look around the internet people are always giving dogs away for free. And trust me mixes are very trainable wonderful pets too.

Those Service Dogs are great I used to work work this Kid that had a Service dog, that dog was so smart, he could follow 100 commands. Very smart, the dog died, I was so sad to hear that, the Dogs name was Parnell. www.chaddsdog.com they even had a website for him. He died. Hewas crazy about the boy and me. That dog was so smart. I also seen one at a Office same kind of office you are tallking about, they even have them in some schools for kids.