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Tag: Baráthegyi School of Guide Dogs
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Last Firday, we participated in a special charity concert in the Nádor Hall. Beside music, the guide dogs were in focus in the sold-out performance, as the organisers supported the Baráthegyi Foundation for School for Guide Dogs with the income of the concert. The organisers and the performers of the piano concert were Ágnes Kövecs
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What is the first thing to come to mind when you want to give thanks? This is the question we asked before Easter, so that we can give our readers an insight into the thoughts of our visually impaired friends, inseparable from their guide dogs. We were not only interested in their feelings towards their
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Annamari Kardon practices on street pianos in Budapest. This time, she played in the underground station at Fővám tér. Her yellow guid dog Szikra (Spark) follows her everywhere, so even those who otherwise would not stop to listen to her music will surely give a minute or two to the pup. Annamari and Szikra do
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We have completed the first electric car (e-car) – visually impaired pedestrian research in Hungary! We have tested an e-car with the participation of a blind employee of our Foundation. The reason for this was, that those vehicles which moving in stealth mode, silently in the traffic, can be dangerous for the visually impaired people.
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In the past few weeks, a lot of dogs have eaten the moldy walnuts that fell in the fall and were left under the trees. The life of our guide dog, Pixel, had to be saved. It is a big help for visually impaired owners if the sighted people nearby help them when they notice
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Why is it good to go on a date with a dog? Why is the dog happy to have a woman owner? The 8th of March gave us the opportunity to ask two owners if they have a common Women’s Day theme with their guide dog. The story of Misi and Antónia proves that it
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Dogs roaming without supervision, attacked Száva and her visually impaired owner twice in the city of Győr. It was down to luck that they got over of them without severe injuries. The guide dogs value a lot therefore our Foundation makes a call to the dog owners’ society. Our Fondation’s guide dog Száva and her
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Agota Lukacs and her guide dog Oliver, who live in Szolnok, have recently passed the traffic safety test successfully. The human-canine duo have been working together since October 2022. “Oliver used to be a very cheeky student of mine” – said Darinka Farkas, head trainer at Barathegyi Dogschool for the Blind. “We used to call
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In the Turkish town of Antakya devastated by the earthquake, Tamas Mezosi and his search and rescue dog Trafi worked hard to find survivors. The Hungarian news outlet index.hu interviewed Tamas Mezosi after their return to Hungary. Tamas is the director of Barathegyi Guide Dog School for the Blind. In this interview Tamas explained that the rescue
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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
