
On Friday we celebrated Animal Appreciation Day at the City Park in Miskolc. Many enthusiastic animal lovers joined us and wanted to see our guide dogs. Adults and children alike took turns and put on an eye-pad to experience what it is like to walk with the help of a guide dog. With some expert
We could start this week with another successful traffic safety exam, which was a great pleasure for all of us. József Magyar and his guide dog Kenobi demonstrated their skills to a three-member examining board. The first part of the exam was the performance of obedience tasks, during which Kenobi skillfully and quietly staid rooted
There was a fantastic atmosphere on this year’s third outing on Hajógyári Island, which was organized by our guide dog owner friends this time. Dóra Pozsgay, one of the organizers talks about the trip: “May 10, 2015 was again a day when we went on a trip with our guide dog owner friends. We planned
We participated in an organized Family Day on Sunday on the occasion of the Day of the city of Miskolc with workers of the North Hungarian Rehabilitation Center for Visually Impaired People. Interested visitors could try out with demonstrator guide dogs Dió, Delta and Diamond what it is like to walk blindfolded with a guide
On Saturday, 9 May, we participated in a children’s rights road show called “Gyere-K-épbe” (Come into picture) at the University of Miskolc. Children, their accompanying foster parents and children’s home experts participated in the event. Children and adults alike were interested in the everyday life of visually impaired people and guide dogs. Many interested, brave
Representing our foundation, our lawyer volunteer accompanied by her guide dog and our trainer attended the Annual General Meeting of the European Guide Dog Federation (EGDF) on April 23, 2015 in Bucharest. They also took part in the subsequent gala dinner and at the next day’s conference on this theme. The prestigious event was hosted
Providing equal opportunities to everyone is one of our foundation’s basic principles. This is why we have worked for months to make our website accessible for everyone without barriers. We are very proud that www.barathegyi.org has received Barrier-Free and Screen Reader Compatible Certificate issued by Net-média Foundation, which prepares barrier-free web applications. Based on their
On 27 April, the International Guide Dog Day, we visited the little patients of the Children’s Hospital in Miskolc. We were talking a lot with the children about guide dogs and everyone had the opportunity to try out what it is like to walk blindfolded with a guide dog. We spent a joyful afternoon with
We celebrate International Guide Dog Day on the 27th of April and on that occasion Baráthegyi Guide Dog School organized events on the 25th of April in almost 20 cities of the country. In Hungary there are some eighty-thousand visually impaired people but only 123 of them have a qualified guide dog. Many hope that
Travelling with a guide dog, playing table tennis and tic-tac-toe blindfolded… – visitors are welcomed in nearly 20 cities all over the country on the occasion of the International Guide Dog Day on Saturday, April 25. and other specialties are among the different programs which can be of interest to sighted people – everything they
Many thousands of people can celebrate a success in our country rooted in Miskolc: the 50th Baráthegyi guide dog has passed the traffic safety exam on April 15, in Bács-Kiskun County. A Labrador called Maximus is the 50th guide dog since the regulatory requirements were introduced in 2009 who demonstrated before the Examining Board of
The cooperation of an other guide dog couple was strengthened by a successful traffic safety exam at the end of march. Tamás Terhes and his guide dog Labrador Jampi walk, as usual, confidently in the city centre of Szeged. Getting around on crowded squares and travelling with a bus getting on and off do not