Guate dogs for blind people

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My dogs - eyes and ears

Lieutenant colonel
Airborne resignation, Georgy Khudyakov does not represent his life without a dog.
After the end of the Chelyabinsk Automobile Institute in 1972 he
served in different parts of the country, was in Afghanistan. Married. It seemed
would, life just begins, but in 1985 Georgy Vasilyevich
Called and ill. Due to strong hypothermia, he first
stopped seeing one eye, and in a year the second.

- For me it
was a terrible blow, - recalls lieutenant colonel in retirement. - I'm long
lay down in the hospital, so there I suffered that I still do not carry
hospitals. When my family and I moved to Chelyabinsk, my wife decided - to us
Need a guide dog. So we had the first in the house
Eastern European Shepherdark Linda.

But the pet lived in the family
Sudoyakov not long, the dog fell ill with cancer and died. Georgy Vasilyevich
still experiencing about the death of his favorite, because Linda helped him
feel a full-fledged man.

- She was great
Guide, - tells Georgy Vasilyevich. - I was not afraid to go out with her
outside. When sheepdog died, I thought I can't have to start
dog, but the need forced.

After the Linda in the Site family there was another dog, but she lived only three months, the owner did not even remember her nickname.

Now
A black eight-year-old Labrador lives at the disabled person in vision group
Lupin. The dog is not moving away from his master, the dog replaced the dog
His ears and eyes.

- Unlike Linden Linden very calm
Dog, - says Georgy Vasilyevich. - I do not see him, but I
It seems he has good eyes. Lupin helps me in everything. Once Ya
got out of bed and long could not get slippers, Lupin brought me to me,
even helped their muzzle to wear them. There was still a case: I dropped on the street
glasses, I was looking for a long time, I could not find anything, but the dog found and filed them to me. I
I want to say that such techniques in the canine service are not taught.
Lupin is an ideal dog, I could not do without it two steps.

If
Militia dogs are taught to be evil, then advantages should be kind. BUT
Lupin sometimes even uses her kindness to raise guests,
who come to visit Sudyakov, something delicious.

- Georgy Vasilyevich, and how do you go with a dog, for example, in a pharmacy?

- Blind with a dog-guide should pass into all institutions, -
Heorgy Khodyakov says. - There is such a law, just for some reason about
not everyone knows. In the pharmacy I'm going to calmly, no one and the word
will say, but in shops and hairdressers, it happens, and do not let. One
since I was not allowed to store, I left my dog ​​on the street, so
I was stolen her. These dogs are very expensive. In general, I want to say that
For a blind man, a guide dog is not only a support in life, but
And a real devotee friend.



Dog training

Guate dogs for blind people
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Preparation of guide dogs mainly take shepherd and labradors. These
Dogs are devoted to their work, good, better leaving for training.

Training
under consideration of the peculiarities of the disabled person for which it is intended
dog, and selection of couples «Man - dog» occurs at the initial stage
Animal training.

- Each disabled is filled
Questionnaire, - Tells the Chairman of the Chelyabinsk Regional Society
Blind Tatyana Savitskaya, - on the basis of which the dog is selected and
It is built by her train. Today, the problem of preparing dogs
for blind people is relevant. In our city there are only two such
trained dogs, and on the region - six. We tried with
Head of the private cynological service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region
Mikhail Sagakakon organize your center for the preparation of such
four-legged conductors, but our plan has not realized - due to
Large financial costs.

One year old
Puppies undergo a veterinary inspection, after which within two weeks
Instructors are followed by their behavior: they observe the reaction of the pets on
cats, other dogs. And also check whether dogs are distracted on
proposed outsiders food. Selection criteria are very strict because
This depends the safety of the future dog owner depends. With instructor
The dog learns to walk in a straight line, ignore distracting factors,
indicate obstacles. Also, the animal begins to understand the teams
«stop», «forward», «Right», «Left», «quiet».


Cost of a guide dog

Trained
The dog can already delete the owner: bypass barriers,
maneuver in the crowd, avoid colliding blind with branches
trees, ride in urban public transport, electric trains and
T.D.

Four-legged guide learn to memorize the routes to
I knew how to work on memory, as well as analyze the situation and take
Right solutions.

In addition, the dog passes the course
obedience including understanding of teams «sit», «lie», «stand»,
«a place», Submission of obscured canes. Training ends the exam.
Transfer of guide dogs to disabled people occurs in the very center of preparation
dogs. Before these people with disabilities pass
Two-week training in working with future pets. Then
Rent speakers, get a veterinary passport for an animal.

- TO
regret, in Russia professionally prepare dogs-guides
Only in the village of Kupavna Moscow region, "says Tatiana
Pavlovna. - Disabled to get such a dog, you need to pay
Forest sum. Of course, we help to help a person:
We pay for him a command trip. And all other expenses lie on the shoulders
blind. So, for example, the cost of the puppy - 15,000 rubles plus as much
need to give for dog training.

Number of classes for one
Reception - 5, one lesson - 3 hours, the cost of one hour of training -
100 rubles, the total number of training is 40 days, yes plus more
Accommodation in this cynological center. From here so little in our city
Four-legged conductors. We would really like in such
The megalopolis finally organized the service that would prepare
dogs-advisers.

And you can't forget about blind children. W
most parents lack money to buy such a child
four friend, and sorry. I believe that the dog will not only help
the child is daily moving away, for example, in the yard, but will help
child will be liberated and not to closes.

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