BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
Category: news
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Am I visually impaired, or disabled, or worldless (sightless)? One lack itself should not characterise. Those words we say about ourselves also have weight, not only those which we hear from others. We edit Ádám Balogh’s article on the occasion of the international day of white stick, 15th October, in the month of the sight.
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It was a wonderful experience to be together on one of the nicest days of the autumn on the hill named Hármashatár (Three Borders). Our guide dogs were running about happily, they were playing a lot and later the owner of the dogs had a picnic. It is a fabulous thing to take a trip
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Zina, one of our foundation’s breeding females, gave birth to 10 puppies at the beginning of September and during that time she was travelling a bit by car. The puppies are one week old now and they are growing nicely. We call them ’D’ litter so their names will start with ’D’. Since we have
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Utopia signals when Eszter’s blood-sugar level drops even when she does not notice it. The unique dog does not leave her until she gets better. But Utopia’s main task is to help Eszter get to her travel destination in a safe way. So they practise a lot. Dr. Eszter Szabolcsi worked in the field of
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Looking back to the month of August, it is almost unbelievable how many things have happened to us. One thing is sure: we can get strength from the love of our dogs and people to be able to step forward. Arthur and Brigi Went to the Freshmen’s Camp Brigitta Hegedűs became the law student of
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Zsolt Majzik fought for and won the silver medal of the European Championship with the Hungarian Team of goalball. Four of the team of five are masseurs and two of them using guide dogs for travelling. We asked the young man playing central role in the team, about the Rotterdam championship and of course about
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The training of the guide dogs is realised by the care of many people, and beside this common goal, friendship also connects us. Our Foundation organised a tour to the Bükk, for our clients using guide dogs for travelling, our puppy raisers and family members. We went to the final station, Garadna, by the narrow-gauge
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Alexa is going to study in Ireland and they will start their life there by learning new routes with Titán. Annamari would like to be a psychologist helping musicians, therefore she took psychology major. The most important among Brigi’s plan that the people supported by guide dogs will have easier participation in traffic. For this,
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Ms Erzsébet Borsodi received her diploma of Széchenyi University in Győr. Her guide dog stood beside her, who escorted her every time, therefore she also received a memorial certificate. The celebrating audience greeted Gesztenye and Erzsébet Borsodi with standing ovation. One of the most touching moments was when they took their diploma. Her university mates
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Our youngest team mates are called – Cserkész (Scout), Ciprus (Cyprus), Csengő (Bell), Csatár (Striker), Cetli (Slip-of paper), Csúzli (Crotch), Cifra (Gaudy), Csipke (Lace), Citrom (Lemon), and Cseresznye (Cherry) This time as well, Bóbita had pulled the names from among those were sent by our followers of our website. Puppy test We carried out the
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When the temperature soars, we need to make sure we are doing what is necessary to keep our guide dogs safe. We asked our canine trainers, guide dog handlers and puppy host families about their various strategies for keeping our fury friends cool. In general, dogs of all ages (puppies, working guide dogs or retired
