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Tag: Baráthegyi School of Guide Dogs
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Palásti Tibor and Szamos passed their road safety exam successfully. The pair was prepared to the contest by our trainer, Darinka Farkas. Darinka says that she is very proud of them and that they have shaken together so soon, as they proved it during the exam. Palásti Tibor and Szamos have been attuned to each
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Dolly, the black Labrador arrived at our foundation thanks to the donation of a family from Miskolc. Since then, she has been working very hard alongside her trainer, Mária Nyírné Kovács to become a guide dog. “Dolly has a big heart. Her owner means the world to her, she wouldn’t leave their side and together
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Ágnes Mészáros and Ion passed their traffic safety exam today. Ion, the black Labrador guided his owner with great confidence, paying no attention to the crowd heading to work. Ágnes and Ion were prepared for the exam by the trainer, Mária Nyíriné Kovács. Ágnes’s jitters shook Ion’s confidence a little bit before the traffic safety
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Ágnes Mészáros, vice president of the Central Hungarian Regional Association for Blind and Partially Sighted People likes helping others and she feels that she is in the right place to do that. Ágnes has been visually impaired since her birth, and her condition further deteriorated when she was a teenager. Three years ago, Ágnes decided
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Körte was born at out Foundation and she moved to our puppy raiser, Ágnes Birkás at her eight weeks of age. Now she is studying further at our trainer Mária Nyíriné Kovács so that later she can be a companion for a visually impaired person. Körte is a beautiful yellow labrador, a real lady: she
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Within a year, Kiwi and Kürtös became beautiful and smart dogs, so it is time for them to move back to our trainer, Emese Királyné Barkóczi. We say „back”… because Emese helped the mother dog to bring them into the world in April last year. Kiwi and Kürtös got to their puppy raisers after the
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Lilla Plachy and her guide dog passed the road safety exam today. Lilla and Inga make a great pair, they could work together as real partners even in case of unexpected situations. Lilla and Inga were prepared for the exam by our trainer, Mónika Köbli. There were lots of extra excitements before the exam, because
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One of the characters in the newest book of the writer, Panka Pásztohy was modeled after our former guide dog student. Rumi was a perfect guide dog and he also learnt how to indicate the epileptic seizures of his owner. There is a guide dog which was modeled by the writer after our Rumi in
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There was a great bustle at our puppy raiser, Marika Szűcs when she was visited by her first raised dog. The dog did it for a good reason because he was invited for a birthday party. Ikon got a birthday cake which was eaten by him, by his „colleague” and by enthusiastic guide dog pupils.
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Future guide dogs are trained until the age of approximately one to one and a half years by volunteer puppy raisers. In the interview, László Rab talks about his first experiences as a puppy raiser. He took on this adventure with his wife, Szonja. Although they already own a dog, raising Latte is an entirely
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Kontra celebrated his first birthday recently, so the time has come for him to move from the puppy raisers to the trainer. We would like to thank Szilvia Török and her family for conscientiously raising and training Kontra, who now took one more step towards becoming the companion of a visually impaired person. Saying goodbye
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We follow the life of our guide dogs from the time they are only puppies. The puppies are taken in by puppy raisers when they are only a few months old. The puppy raisers teach them the basics which will be very important during their training. In the video, László Rab and his wife, Szonja
