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  • Borso’s Puppies Are Becoming More Independent

    They are now four weeks old. Borso’s puppies have progressed from uncertain waddling to more confident movement, and quiet naps are increasingly replaced by play and exploration. We’ve also started introducing solid food from the O litter alongside mother’s milk—they’re eating mushy kibble so that their mom, Borso, can rest more. Their space is getting

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  • Dolly, Our Most Famous Guide Dog, Has Retired

    Our guide dog helped her owner for six years, and after her retirement, her owner will help her. We visited Sáfrány Írisz and Dolly at their home in Győr. Dolly, the guide dog, underwent spinal surgery in the autumn of 2024. At first, it seemed that everything would be fine and that she could return

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  • The Activity at Borsó’s Puppies is Increasing – the First Two Weeks Have Flown by

    Borsó’s nine puppies are thriving and have changed a lot in the past two weeks. The little group is becoming more active, louder and more curious day by day, while Borsó is a caring, routine mother who looks after them during their first, very important stage of life. Melinda Leidgeb, Borsó’s owner, is following every

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  • Baráthegyi Guide Dog School Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

    Baráthegyi Guide and Assistance Dog School Foundation began its operations twenty years ago. Over the past two decades, we have provided more than two hundred guide dogs to visually impaired applicants, and in recent years we have also been involved in the training of personal assistance, mobility assistance and therapy dogs. In the anniversary year,

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  • How “Marcsi-futi” Builds Community

    Marcsi-futi started from friendly connections and has grown into a larger circle of friends and a professional community. We develop the guide dog trainees, we learn a lot from our trainer and from each other — all while having a great time. Shared programs and outings have become a kind of small celebration for our

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  • The Public Life of Little Pets

    Borsó gave birth to nine puppies on the night of January 21st. There are yellow and black girls and boys among them. All are beautiful, viable puppies. Our dam’s owner, Melinda Leidgeb, reported on how their first two days went. It is a great excitement for Melinda to help Borsó with the care of the

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  • Raise a Guide Dog Puppy

    Raising a family pet and raising a future guide dog are both great adventures, but the first year of a guide dog puppy’s life is usually much more eventful than that of an average pet. This period is not only about an adorable, but well-behaved puppy also growing up — it is about laying the

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  • We brought Christmas Gifts with Our Guide Dogs

    We have been giving Christmas presents to visually impaired and disadvantaged children for the fifth time. Our angels bring more and more packages to the Christmas tree year after year; with their help, this year we made the holidays brighter for one hundred children. The children live in Pest, Borsod, Heves and Baranya counties, and

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  • Móni and the Paper Puppies

    Móni and the Paper Puppies

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    Our trainer Mónika Köbli organizes excursions several times a year for clients who have received guide dogs from our foundation. Owners can enjoy nature walks in the company of their dogs with the help of volunteer sighted companions. The walks were called “Móni and the paper puppies” and are usually small in number so that

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    This week, Topáz’s puppies are moving to their puppy-raiser homes, as they are all ready for the transition. Before that, in the rainy weather, what else could they do but happily run around the garden, muddy from head to toe. Alongside this joyful news, we must also share a sad one. This week, we said

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  • Fine-Tuning Foster Families and Guide Dog Puppies

    Topáz’s puppies enthusiastically threw themselves into challenging, playful tasks: at seven weeks old, we conducted their first puppy test. We spoke with our puppy foster coordinator about how she finds matches between foster families and puppies. Guide dog training organizations, including the Baráthegyi Guide Dog School, conduct a brief but comprehensive test series with puppies

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  • Gentle Pups Waiting for Treats

    In the blink of an eye, they understood that the one who sits down nicely gets the reward. Of course, some tried to get back in line more than once… Topáz’s puppies are now 7 weeks old, and why wouldn’t they have grown up with a bit of cunning? Topáz’s 7-week-old puppies already weigh 5

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