BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
Tag: dog
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Laszlo Bokros and his guide dog Felho (Cloud) have been preparing for the road safety exam since April. They successfully passed the exam last week. It was obvious from the moment they met that they would make a good team together. László’s eyesight has been deteriorating since he was 5 years old. He attended a
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Géniusz is not entirely aware of the size of his body, so body awareness is an area to be developed. His trainer, Mária Nyíriné Kovács helps him with this. But what does it mean exactly? Hind foot awareness can be developed. Mária Nyíriné Kovács tries to call him up objects and surfaces where he doesn’t jump
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Nóra Edelényiné Sebestyén and Cora passed the road safety exam successfully on the 27th of August in Miskolc. Strimmel, the previous guide dog of Nora, was also trained by us. Strimmel has already been retired but he is living with Nóra’s family happily. Cora took the lead in everyday traffic with her youthful dynamism and
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Our guide dog students are in the fortunate position that their puppy raisers do everything to make every moment of the summer enjoyable for them. They are taken on holidays, or they can have a dip or swim in their private pool, sunbathe and of course they spend time with their god friends, too. Labradors
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The last of the “I”-generation, or, as his puppy educator, Marika Szűcs called him, “White Prince”, alias Ikon passed his road safety exam successfully. Széll István fell in love with his the precise, reliable work of Ikon when they first met, and attuned to each other very soon. Preparing to the exam, our trainer, Mária
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Géniusz, in spite of his size, is a soft, sensitive dog, who likes doing the preparatory primer exercises. At the moment he is preparing to his future task at his trainer’s, Mária Nyíriné Kovács, so one day he can be the companion of a visually impaired person. Géniusz grew up in Solymár at a house
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3 road safety exams were passed by our pairs within 1 month. Congratulations to Lilla and Inga, Ágnes and Ion, Tibor and Szamos. Thanks to our puppy educators and trainers and their cooperation for these great results! Lilla and Inga Lilla and Inga are a great pair, they proved this working together in the unexpected
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Grafit came from a Slovakian kennel as a puppy, then he learned the basics of appropriate behaviour under the guidance of one of our devoted volunteers, István Bűdi. At the age of one, he started learning the guiding techniques with tremendous energy. He does everything with unfailing enthusiasm; he loves training and he practices tirelessly
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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
