
We visited the youth of the Special Residential Home of the Child Care Center of County B-A-Z in Tornanadaska. They welcomed us with great love and enthusiasm; they all came to our small team upon our arrival. After talking a bit about guide dogs, everyone could try out what it feels like walking with these
For Ani and her loyal four-legged friend, Felhő, the long-awaited day came in May: the day of their traffic safety exam. The team had been practicing for the exam for months with the help of rehabilitation teacher Gyöngyvér Mikola, and Felhő’s trainer, Mária Nyíriné Kovács. On the exam Ani pulled the route from her workplace
We participated in the Humanities Day at ELTE and met many interesting people. Many students were interested in guide dogs and several people even tried how it feels to walk with the help of such a gorgeous animal blindfolded. Three of our guide dogs in training, Gandhi, Dolli and Bagira helped them in this. Some
Dangerous intersections in Budapest and several rural cities More traffic lights would be needed that warn visually impaired people in busy intersections with an audible signal, because without it they don’t feel safe. There are places where they step off the sidewalk in fear of their lives. It turned out form a survey of Baráthegyi
Erzsi and her guide dog, Gesztenye, passed the exam in magnificent harmony in Győr. Out of the three routes learnt, Erzsi managed to pull out the most complicated one, which did not disrupt the team at all. The big challenge began at the home of Erzsi and Gesztenye. At first, the well-trained dog had to
We closed the week with an extraordinary meeting: future puppy raisers visited the center of our foundation to get to know each other in person and talk about the puppy raising program. We were talking about the criteria for guide dogs, the habits the volunteer puppy raisers need to develop in the puppies and how
Now sighted and visually people could commemorate together at the 1956 walking tour called “Tapintható Múlt” (Tangible History). Ateam of Baráthegyi Guide Dog School also participated in Tangible History walking tour on Wednesday, which was one of a series of events organized by ImagineBudapest for visually impaired poeple. For most people, the events of the
Kristóf’s eyesight had been deteriorating since childhood and by the age of 15 he became completely blind. Although he learnt to walk with a white cane, he was accompanied by his friends both in high school and at the university: they had classes together and spent most of their free time together, so Kristóf did
Guide dog owners went to meet wolves to better understand their dogs. Interesting how strong, hard and determined the wolves’ energy is compared to that of Labradors. Bartáthegyi Guide Dog School’s partner was the Bear Farm in Veresegyház which provided five visually impaired young people an opportunity to go to wolves and make contacts with
Baráthegyi Guide Dog School is waiting for applicants to join their puppy raising program. The participants will help the little candidates with love and care to become real guide dogs. Andrea Sápi is often asked in the street whether she is a dog trainer when she is with the golden Labrador. The situation is a
Throughout the weekend our dogs attracted much attention at FeHoVa (Fishing, Hunting and Arms International Exhibition). From the very young to the largest, many were brave enough to walk through the stands blindfolded and guided by our guide dogs Diamond, Brendon, Gandhi, Bobita or Lego, who enjoyed the work very much as they were petted
We are always warmly welcomed by the students of Fráter György Catholic High School. It was not the first time that we took part in the election of a student headmaster in the school in Miskolc. The students could take part in various funny programs and we were happy to see that many were interested