

SMC Hungary Ltd. has selected our foundation as one of the supported organizations, making it possible for us to improve the lives of more visually impaired people and make them safer. The Baráthegyi Guide Dog and Assistance Dog School Foundation, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, has so far provided more than 200 guide

We have been giving Christmas presents to visually impaired and disadvantaged children for the fifth time. Our angels bring more and more packages to the Christmas tree year after year; with their help, this year we made the holidays brighter for one hundred children. The children live in Pest, Borsod, Heves and Baranya counties, and

Darinka Farkas began organizing a community for visually impaired and sighted people in February 2024. She is at home in this circle, as she has been training guide dogs for 21 years and has been a member of our foundation for nine years. In addition to training, she has long strived to bring guide dog

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

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
To hold our puppy meeting in July, we gathered at a bus terminal in Buda, where we practiced getting on and off the bus. It seems that our puppies will wonderfully cope with these situations when they will be guide dogs. The puppy meeting has started with running and playing as usual. Due to the
Following the easing of the lock down restrictions, our trainers and guide dog trainee puppies met in Miskolc for a social gathering. Both humans and canines spent a fun day together, playing and learning some new skills. The puppies started the day with freely running around in a big group, to release some of the extra
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, our guide dog school Baráthegyi Vakvezető Kutya Iskola was also forced to re-organise its activities and ask its trainers to work from home. During the epidemic, we recommend dog owners to wipe the paws and coat of their dogs when arriving home using sanitizing wipes or a soapy, wet towel.
After months of practice Dia Danis and her guide dog Bagira successfully passed their traffic safety exam on 9th March 2020. They are a living proof that two hearts can beat as one – even if one those hearts belongs to a dog! Dia, apart from being visually impaired, has an ear condition that can
One of our guide dogs and her master proved their skills again. Írisz Kobli and her guide dog Dolly passed a road safety test to prove they are able to travel together without assistance. Congratulations for the two of them! Each master-dog pair need to familiarise themselves with three potential routes while preparing for the
