Please support their training with 1% of your tax!
Our 1% tax number: 18449149–1–05

Tag: Baráthegyi Guide Dog School


  • We brought Christmas Gifts with Our Guide ogs

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Fine-Tuning Foster Families and Guide Dog Puppies

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Gentle Pups Waiting for Treats

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Forest Hike With Guide Dog Trainees

    The most natural environment for dogs is still the forest. This sounds good, but is it really true? Yes, because in the forest there are no rules to follow like in the city: they can step off the small path, there are no curbs, and they get plenty of new experiences. Two of our experienced

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Topaz’s puppies are very clever

    There’s a lot of good we can say about Topaz’s litter: they are consistent as a group — meaning they’re smart, beautiful, big, and calm. According to their caretaker, all of this together is an excellent foundation. And they even have a special trait: they are very “people-oriented.” The puppies, now six weeks old, moved

    Tovább olvasom…

  • The Nine Adventurers

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Visually Impaired Dóra Was Robbed!

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Three-Week-Old Puppies Eat From a New Menu

    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

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Beauties of The Second Week

    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.

    Tovább olvasom…

  • Tiny Pepper, But Drinks a Lot of Milk

    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

    Tovább olvasom…