If you have ever seen a Japanese movie Quill, you would probably not unfamiliar to the dog Labrador. Last week, I got a chance to learn more about guide dogs from a non-profit charity organization. Here I'm sharing some of what I've learned with you, and was wondering if it is allowed to bring guide dogs or pets entering the public places in your country?
Commonly, the breeds of Labrador retrievers, Golden retrievers, and German shepherd dogs are most potentially to be picked thanks to their work ethic, maturation and intelligence. Before being a formal guide dog, a puppy at age of two to four month old will be sent to live with a puppy walker family, which is usually a volunteer family where is evaluated and qualified to raise and train the dog by the organization.
The family plays a major role for starting the dog's socialization until the dog is one year or one and a half years old. During this period, the members of the family need to love the dog, give gentle guidance including daily life training, taking the dog to the public areas, giving the dog enough walking time, etc. to accomplish the dog's unique destiny. After that, the guide dog trainers will be in charge of the advanced and professional guiding training. They will evaluate if the dog's temperament is too timid or nervous, and then give a proper correction. It usually takes guide dogs six to ten months with the trainers and then an additional one to three months in class training with their visual impaired partners.
When we see guide dogs and their owners or operators on the road, it's better to follow the four basic rules below.
1.Do not feed or try to use human food to attract them.
2. Do not interrupt or touch them when they are wearing the harness, make any noise or gestures to distract them.
3. Do not refuse them to enter any public or open areas.
4. Offer help.
Even though our government has made the law of protecting their rights from being refused in public areas or transportation, there are still many guide dogs not allowed to enter some shops or restaurants. I do hope more and more people would recognize that guide dogs are well behaved and wouldn't cause any danger since they are regularly taken physical examination and vaccination. Give them a green light and a hand when necessary.
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hahaha...No, I don't.... I just cut their hair, not dye.....but ..lol...Good idea. Why I don't dye them with red or green. I think they will be more beautiful in it. Am I right?
Are you sure using perfume for them? oh... so poor your puppies. lol ... Except that, have you ever dyed their fur into another color like green or yellow? Hope you'd not... haha..
No, in my city..maybe has 1 or 2 beauty saloon for dogs. But I don't care...look, I can take good care of them, right?
And lol..lol...sometimes, I use my perfume for them. When I spray..they will be...sneeze...hahaha
Tara, my recording is a bit long and the end of the paragraph was cut by Audioboo therefore I used the clip instead. I've added it, please take a look at it. Thank you for the advice. :)
Mitran, so happy to "see" your puppies. They look pretty adorable and energetic. It seems they have been looked after well by you. I was wondering if you brought them to pet beauty salon. Is there popular taking dogs to beauty salon?
Here some of people would catch dogs too, particularly in winter time, and black ones will be out of luck as they are considered as kind of the best tonic for health. It's too crazy!
Beautiful post and photos! I learned so much about guide dogs. I can't access the sound file. Can you share it with Audioboo?
And I call them : Gold and Silver...now, I'm loking for DIAMOND .....hahaha.........
hahaha...yes, in my country...you will lose your dog for so many reason....but lol....there is a big reason...because some of people (in my country) can eat dog...lol...I never taste ....I feel so sorry for dog.
Heyyy...look at my dogies....
Mitran, we may also lose dogs if they went out themselves, especially for some popular breeds or small ones like Chihuahua or Poodle.. They are too lovely to not be taken home by others if they got lost. What kind of breed are your dogs? How many years do you have them?
The population of using guide dogs is still less, hence not so many people would focus on it. Hope the related charities or organizations would take much more effort to promote it.
Thank you for commenting, I'm glad to know about that.
In my country, dogs cannot go outside. I mean : if dog goes ...mean you will lose him/her because of some reason. How can I explain to you. I have 2 dogs and I feed them on the top of my house. Sometimes, when I do exercise then I take them to go together...but not often....
I read in Newspaper about "guide dogs" but in my country (my city)....it's not common.
Thanks for a great blog.
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