BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
Tag: guide dog
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Raising a family pet and raising a future guide dog are both great adventures, but the first year of a guide dog puppy’s life is usually much more eventful than that of an average pet. This period is not only about an adorable, but well-behaved puppy also growing up — it is about laying the
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Our trainer Mónika Köbli organizes excursions several times a year for clients who have received guide dogs from our foundation. Owners can enjoy nature walks in the company of their dogs with the help of volunteer sighted companions. The walks were called “Móni and the paper puppies” and are usually small in number so that
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This week, Topáz’s puppies are moving to their puppy-raiser homes, as they are all ready for the transition. Before that, in the rainy weather, what else could they do but happily run around the garden, muddy from head to toe. Alongside this joyful news, we must also share a sad one. This week, we said
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Topáz’s puppies enthusiastically threw themselves into challenging, playful tasks: at seven weeks old, we conducted their first puppy test. We spoke with our puppy foster coordinator about how she finds matches between foster families and puppies. Guide dog training organizations, including the Baráthegyi Guide Dog School, conduct a brief but comprehensive test series with puppies
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In the blink of an eye, they understood that the one who sits down nicely gets the reward. Of course, some tried to get back in line more than once… Topáz’s puppies are now 7 weeks old, and why wouldn’t they have grown up with a bit of cunning? Topáz’s 7-week-old puppies already weigh 5
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The future guide dogs are having a perfect puppyhood! Topáz’s puppies turned five weeks old this week, and not only have they quickly conquered the autumn garden, but they are already sleeping outside at night. When we visited them, they were tumbling around among the dewy leaves and occasionally disappearing into a huge tunnel. The
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The future guide dogs are having a perfect puppyhood! Topáz’s puppies turned five weeks old this week, and not only have they quickly conquered the autumn garden, but they are already sleeping outside at night. When we visited them, they were tumbling around among the dewy leaves and occasionally disappearing into a huge tunnel. The
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What does a person experience when they’re robbed? What happens to someone who is so vulnerable that they cannot defend themselves? Our visually impaired client, Dóra Pozsgay, had her bag stolen at the end of October while she was attending to her guide dog. The incident deeply upset her, and we are now looking for
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Topaz’s puppies have just eaten their first solid food. According to the general rule, such additional feeding can be started at three weeks of their age, if there is not enough milk to keep them completely full. Topaz’s litter with nine puppies is undoubtedly wonderfully uniform, everyone is swelling with strength and developing quickly. Only
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Topáz’s nine puppies keep growing up well, we have made a sum-up all you need to know about the two-week-old puppies. Many eyes are opening At the age of two weeks, Topáz’ puppies’ eyes have started to open. Note everyone’s at the same time. Just like human babies, puppies grow up at their own pace.
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We block off a little space with our hand from the bigger ones so that even the smallest puppy can eat. The interesting thing now is that she is strong enough to take in the mother’s milk on her own. We are living through an exciting period — it’s rare that so much of our
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Three visually impaired people from different walks of life have now received guide dogs at the same time: an unusual handover took place in Miskolc, where they prepared for life together with their new companions at the same time. Pál Csillag experienced for the first time what it feels like to travel with a dog,
