BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
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The works of Judit Vannai can often be seen on our foundation’s social media pages, in leaflets and calendars. It is valuable to us that in her photos the gaze of our guide dogs faithfully reflects their love for people and their desire to work. Judit has been our volunteer colleague for many years, and
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On February 14th, the “The Same Heart Beats in Us – Valentine’s Day Online Fashion Show” was held. In order to promote the acceptance of disabled people, Zsófia Lengyel, actively working for this cause, took the catwalk both as an organizer and a model with her guide dog, Mokka. At Ability Fashion’s Valentine’s Day event,
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Unka, Unikum, and their siblings have started to explore the big world and are taking part in more and more adventures. We have already told you that our U-lettered puppies went to their puppy raisers in early January. Now we will show you how their days are filled with tiny adventures. Did you know that
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Zoltán needed a lovely, kind and enthusiastic guide-dog for blind exactly such as Rizling. It turned out at the very beginning that Rizling is immovable from the side his owner, he would never leave him alone. For the exam, Zoli drew the route from his home to the Centre of our Foundation. They had to
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Oktav is Zoli’s second guide dog. His previous guide dog retired earlier this summer, after long years of service and due to joint problems. Now the old dog lives happily as a family pet. Zoli really struggled throughout the two months period without a guide dog, so he instantly fell in love with Oktav, a
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Our team once again provided a colorful spectacle at the Campona shopping centre, where we held our puppy meeting with the participation of 11 student dogs. This time we set ourselves the goal of devoting as much time as possible to some special tasks. We did a few rounds at an animal feed store, tried
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Piszke and Katalin completed their exam really well. They are a very well-matching couple. Piszke participating in the traffic carefully and slowly, therefore we would not find a more competent assistant for Katalin Sándorné Török. This kind lady’s left hand is weaker, therefore Piszke’s fine manner suits her well. It happened that Katalin has felt
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Roland Orban and guide dog Orion pass traffic safety exam. The dynamic duo’s route started in the heart of Budapest. Busy roads bustling with inner city life, Roland and Orion had to keep up the pace while walking in downtown Budapest which provided a nice cardio workout for members of the examination board, too. There
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Zsuzsa Belecz and guide dog Prizma passed traffic safety exam in Tata. Zsuzsa was a bit anxious at first but she trusted her guide dog Prizma to look after her as always. In the first part of the exam, the dog has to stay and wait while the owner is gone. Prizma was disturbed by
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Dr. Zsolt Csúzda and Nátán passed their traffic safety exam. It was not easy for them because the weather raised the temperature to the heat alarm. Nátán was very hot, but they were able to complete the 1-hour exam from Aquincum to Szentlélek Square. After a short bus ride, a long walk awaited our pair.
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Huba’s master died after Christmas. We knew that because of his age, Huba won’t work as a guide dog anymore so we were looking for a family to adopt him. There was a huge interest, many of you applied for Huba. Thanks for everyone who was touched by his story! The story of the retired
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It’s an interesting question: Can/Does a guide dog know (or “know”) that its owner/handler is blind? Dr. Herzog explored this question, too: But what about trained guide dogs? I vaguely recall mumbling on the radio that night that a [guide] dog would surely know that its owner was blind. Was I correct? Read more
