For over 40 years, Australian Lions Hearing Dogs (ALHD) have been providing Hearing Assistance Dog to Australians who are deaf or hard of hearing free-of-charge.
In 2020, ALHD's Medical Alert Dog Program was developed, and since then, nine Diabetic Alert Dogs have been delivered to Australians with diabetes, free of charge.
The original team back in 1982
Australian Lions Hearing Dogs (ALHD) was initially founded in 1980. The concept of starting the program in Australia originally began with PDGs Brian Carter and Bob Allen, who had attended an Lions Clubs International Convention in the United States and came upon a demonstration from the very first Hearing Dog Program in Denver, Colorado.
The proposal for the program was later approved at the Canberra Multiple District Convention in 1980, and the first Australian Lions Hearing Dog, Amber, was delivered to a local recipient in South Australia in 1982.
Launched in 2020
The first Lions Diabetic Alert Dog, Sal, was placed with her recipient, Eliza, in 2022. Since Sal's delivery, we have delivered another eight Diabetic Alert Dogs.
