Very. Simply click on the appropriate Sponsor a Puppy button and complete your details online! You'll then be helping to fund the training of a guide dog puppy, until they're matched with their future owners.

No. It costs a great deal of money to train a guide dog puppy, so we wouldn't expect you to fund the total cost by yourself. That's why we operate a co-sponsorship scheme, giving you and other people the opportunity to fund this guide dog puppy's training as well as further areas of our vital work. It's a bit like the puppy having an extended family!

We want to make your guide dog puppy sponsorship a really worthwhile experience. So we'll send you regular colour photos and Pupdates on how your guide dog puppy is progressing. Plus, when you join, you'll also receive a special photo card of your puppy and a certificate in your name and that of your puppy.

No. It's important that each guide dog puppy concentrates fully on its training with minimal distractions. However, please remember that you'll be kept in touch every step of the way with some great photos and fascinating Pupdates.

Your Welcome Pack will tell you when you can expect to receive the first one.

Every few months, together with a glossy photo showing how your guide dog puppy has grown.

Certainly. We have a number of guide puppies for you to choose from at the moment and we'll be introducing more to the scheme in the future. Alternatively, you're welcome to increase your monthly sponsorship for just one guide dog puppy. Either way, your extra support will be gratefully received. Please call 0870 240 6993 for more information.

Around 2 years. So you'll have a nice length of time to 'get to know' your guide dog puppy.

It's simple. Just call us on 0870 240 6993 and we'll be happy to help.

As you can imagine, we've worked with a great many puppies over the years. So, in order to avoid confusion, we name them alphabetically e.g. puppies from the first litter of the year are given names starting with the letter 'A' e.g. Aaron, Alvin, Amy, Annie etc.

Yes. If you make a donation or raise (with your friends and family) £5,000 or more you can give one of our guide dog puppies a name. Please call 0870 240 6993 for further information or visit http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/index.php?id=6688

Hopefully your guide dog puppy will have graduated as a fully qualified guide dog and be matched with a prospective owner. The good news is that the story doesn't need to stop there! That's because we'd love to offer you another puppy to sponsor and will write to you with their details.

We will carefully match your guide dog puppy with their first blind or partially-sighted owner. After several weeks of training together, they will be partnered for approximately seven years.

No. When out of harness, your guide dog puppy will behave like a regular pet dog. After approximately 7 years they will then be retired to a loving new home or stay with their guide dog owner.

Don't worry. Training to become a guide dog is very hard work, so it's perfectly natural for some dogs not to meet our high standards. However, around seven out of ten trainee puppies do successfully become guide dogs. If your puppy doesn't graduate and isn't suitable to become a working dog for another charity or organisation, they will be rehomed with a loving family. However, rest assured that we will always offer you a new puppy to sponsor.

We'll put your money to use where it is needed most - from paying for puppy food through to funding training and covering veterinary bills. You can be certain that it'll make a big difference and be very gratefully received. It's especially important when you consider that the guide dog service receives no government funding and relies entirely on voluntary donations and legacies to deliver our services.

Just 2p in every £1 is spent on administration costs. This means that the majority of your donation will always go towards providing guide dogs for blind or partially-sighted people.

It costs around about £10 a day to fund a guide dog partnership. This includes all the costs over the life of the dog including breeding, training, matching of the partnership, all the dog's food and vet's fees and even finding it a loving home in retirement.

Your donations will be taken on a monthly basis. When your puppy is nearing the end of its training, we'll write to see whether you'd like to sponsor another one. You can, of course, cancel your sponsorship at any time by writing or calling 0870 240 6993 to let us know.

The easiest way is to set up a monthly Direct Debit for as little as £5 a month. Just fill in the online sign-up form and we'll do the rest. Alternatively, you can make a one-off payment of £120.

If you're a UK taxpayer all you need to do is click on the Gift Aid box to confirm that you wish Guide Dogs to claim Gift Aid on all donations you have made in the last six calendar years until further notice. To qualify for Gift Aid you must pay an amount of UK income and or capital gains tax equal to the amount we reclaim on your donations in that tax year. Please notify us if your tax circumstances change. Thank you.