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Guide Dog School

A group picture from the collaboration course (soon-to-be guide dog owners and trainers). A dog by the waterside.

Guide Dog School Staff

Telephone 09 3960 48
Fax 09 876 8299)
Opvet 050 4055585





Riitta Liimatainen
Director
09 3960 4750 / 050-494 8848



Juha Herttuainen
Consultant
09 3960 4754 / 050-3684 871



Kirsi Vass
Head instructor
09 3960 4768 / 050-3684 872



Hannele Ruokonen
Secretary
09-3960 48 / 3960 4756 / 050-4423297



Hannu Qvist
Senior instructor
09 3960 4762 / 050-3684 873



Vesa Väkeväinen
Kennel Manager
09 3960 4770 / 050-3684 874



Pekka Korri
Senior instructor, Breeding Manager
09 3960 4757 / 050-3684 875


Miira Hellman
Instructor
09 3960 4755 / 050-341 4928



Janne Ruokonen
Senior instructor
09 3960 4765 / 050-3684 893


Sari Ravi
Senior instructor
050-328 9155


Heidi Kuusisto
Instructor
09 3960 4758 / 050-4423506

  


Sari Sinerkari
Instructor
09 3960 4767 / 050-4423529

  


Saila Kuokkanen
Laborant
09 3960 4760 / 050-3684894



Elina Pöntinen
Animal attendant
09 3960 4761 / 050- 368 4804



Tanja Virtanen
Animal attendant
09 3960 4769 / 050-5907 608



Mari Piiparinen
Animal attendant
09 3960 4764 / 050 555 9332 (SMS)



Merja Dahlbom
Veterinary
050-4055585


Guide Dog School is financially supported by the

municipalities of Finland
insurance companies
The State Treasury

A guide dog is free of charge for the user.

Guide Dog School works under Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired and it is supervised by Guide Dog Committee (Opaskoiratoimikunta). To the committee belong representatives of guide dog user organisations, financial supporters of the guide dog work, and specialists.

The members of Guide Dog Committee

Leila Papunen, President, Finnish Association of Guide Dog Users
Synnöve Amberla, Vice President, The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (Suomen Kuntaliitto)
Jouko Himanen, The State Treasury (Valtiokonttori)

Mikko Ojanen, member
Markku Vuorinen, member

Marjatta Snellman, Professor Helsinki University/ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine

Riitta Liimatainen, Secretary, Guide Dog School