

Marcsi-futi started from friendly connections and has grown into a larger circle of friends and a professional community. We develop the guide dog trainees, we learn a lot from our trainer and from each other — all while having a great time. Shared programs and outings have become a kind of small celebration for our

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

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

Our dog Parfé has been helping his visually impaired owner for years and regularly meets with his puppy raiser. This year they spent two weeks on vacation together. We asked Márta Vucseta to write an article about how she raised our guide dog and to tell us about their vacations together. The bond lives on Parfé

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

We consider it important to build a close relationship between guide dog owners and thevolunteers of our foundation. The summer and autumn picnics went so well that everyone is looking forward to the meetings. The joint occasions also allow the puppy raisers to see how much help the dogs raised by them give to their

It is a complicated process before a puppy becomes a guide dog. Labrador puppies live with our puppy raisers until they are one year old. Letting the puppy go can be a difficult process for our puppy raisers, so we offer help as follows. The most frequently asked question by those interested in raising a

The only way our volunteers can raise wholeheartedly a pup is by experiencing what it’s like to be blind and solve situations on their own. Guide dogs give owners an emotional and physical sense of security, and it’s important that puppy raisers know what that feels like. On Sunday, before the indoor programme, we gave
Our mother Zina gave birth to eleven beautiful and healthy puppies. The mum and the little ones are well too, Zina was accompanied by her friend, a kitty until the time she gave birth. The puppies are golden coloured, there are six boys and five girls. We are extremely proud of Zina, who has been an excellent mother so far. We count on you too, because in 8 weeks you will involve coaches for our little ones. The program starts in December and January. Applicants are only expected from Budapest and its surroundings, Miskolc and its agglomeration area, and Vas and Zala counties.
