BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
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Barbara Kónya and her guide dog Ruta has passed the traffic safety test in Budapest. The pair pulled the route of the city park and started the test from Gép Street in the 10th district.They traveled by bus, tram, and despite having to travel in a difficult downtown area, they passed the exam with excellent
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Little ones and big ones repeated their tasks together during our puppy-meeting in February. Calling-up in more difficult circumstances was practiced with our dogs. We met at a meadow behind the Memento-park, near the district called Kamaraerdő. Meanwhile the puppies had a great walk and playing with each other, they had to leave their playmates
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Alexa Vertesi, a university student from Budapest and her guide dog Titan passed the traffic safety test on a crowded and difficult route with ease. You could tell straight away that Alexa and Titan have a close-knit relationship -said Emese Barkoczi Kiralyne, Titan’s trainer. There were quite a few unexpected hurdles during the exam. The dynamic
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Three years ago we decided, as part of our guide dog training programme, to swap guide dogs in training and their families to see what the impact would be on the young dogs. Our experience was extremely positive: not only do the dogs enjoy the swap but we found that it has a positive impact
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We prepare our dogs for their mission already at the time of raising them at puppy age, as they have to be a clever helpmate for their visually impaired owners. This time as well, we started our puppy meeting with a one hour walk, when puppies were released from their leash several times, and they
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Despite a difficult year in 2022, Barathegyi Guide Dog Foundation managed to finance and deliver Christmas presents to 64 children living either with disability or in poverty. Many of the children came to our Head Office in Miskolc to pick up their presents. “We are really grateful that despite the cost of living crisis, many
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Guide dog Sepra – who turned 2 recently – and owner Alexandra passed their traffic safety test despite pouring rain in Budapest’s Disctrict XIV. ‘Enjoying a lovely stroll in winter sunshine? None of my students had the pleasure recently.’- said Serpa’s trainer, Maria Kovacs Nyirine. Serpa and Alexandra were walking along their usual route in
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Szava and Cecilia pass traffic safety test Cecilia Andrea Horvath and her guide dog Szava successfully passed the traffic safety test despite freezing condition in their home town of Gyor. Freezing rain and sleet presented far from ideal conditions for the test but the human-canine duo persevered, said Monika Kobli, Szava’s guide dog trainer. Szava
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Both of them were extremely clever, and after their exam was qualified excellent, Origo officially as well, became a personal service dog. Our duo have proved that they know everything, which can happen in such a difficult exam, in a shopping centre in Szerencs. Daniel, a young man with motor impairment, is able to go
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Csaba Tanai and Szamóca passed their road safety exam. Dodging the people and shopping carts in the Pólus Center gave Szamóca a good opportunity to show how she is prepared for the exam. Our guide dog indicated the curbs nicely, Csaba exactly started the dog when crossing the road, which is very important, as it
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16th November marked the International Day of Tolerance. Members of the blind and visually impaired community would like to ask the general public for more patience and support when they are out and about with their guide dogs on public transport. International Day of Tolerance started in 1996 as an initiative of UNESCO. The main
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Annamari Kardon felt a huge burden lift of her chest: her guide dog Szikra passed the traffic safety test. Annamari is no stranger to feeling the stress of an exam situation as she is a musician. Sitting at the piano during an exam is completely different from holding the harness of my guide dog. -Annamari
