FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University veterinarians and veterinary students will provide free eye exams to service dogs on May 6 at the university’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Guide dogs, handicapped assistance dogs, detection dogs and search-and-rescue dogs are eligible for the exams.
The hospital is at 300 W. Drake Road in Fort Collins.
The national event is sponsored by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. To qualify, dogs must be active working dogs who are certified by a formal training program or organization or currently enrolled in a formal training program. The certifying organization must be national, regional or local.
For a free exam, service dogs owners must complete two steps. Owners must first register their animal via an online registration form at between April 1 and April 29. Once registered online, the owner should contact the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital at 970-297-4136. Appointments are available from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Last year, CSU veterinarians gave exams to 50 service dogs during the event.
Nationally and in Canada, more than 3,200 service dogs had free eye exams in 2010. At CSU, canine eye exams normally cost $85.
