Guide Dog
Training
Guide dogs are service animals trained to function guide and assist people with visual impairments.
It is important that predispose a guide dog suitable for such a gene activity.
That is, they come from parents with very balanced and with an instinct highly developed to assist humans. Opportunity is available in specialty makes great emphasis on a good genetic line assistance as needed insurance dogs with high drive capacity support and initiative to make decisions.
We must not fail to take into account that at any moment there may be a moving obstacle, pedestrians, vehicles, children on bicycles, skates ... etc, etc. Or a narrowing where the owner-dog duo can not pass.
In both cases, the dog must have the ability to make a decision and send that information to the owner. In this field you can not allow insecure, fearful, tense, or aggressive copies, false information would confuse the blind.
In Opportunity accessible, puppies and future guide dogs, are subjected to a rigorous selection of character.
These dogs should not show insecurity, aggression and dominance dominate all times his nobility, and his sociability with the world around him.
Opportunity available in the guide dog training consists of several stages from choosing the puppy:
Socialization and education: Advice on physiological needs. Information standards and guidelines at home.
-Training In obedience is the foundation of training, it allows us to control the animal at all times, using commands that will be essential in the life of the animal.
-Training For guiding function: Right, left and right movement, low obstacles, heights, and moving. Stairs and escalators, pedestrian crossings, doors, finding holes in confined spaces, follow a person etc etc.
-The Coupling: last and most important phase, expose the dog everyday user, and strengthen the binomial owner-dog, so better consolidate the work between them.
Accessible Opportunity believe essential in tracking user guide dog, to correct and reinforce desired behaviors.
Guide dogs and users undergo rigorous training to work safely and effectively, remain at all times a team.
During the training of guide dogs, the animal will never be subjected to any form of torture, at all times the training will be based on positive reinforcement and by trial and error.
Since it's interesting detailed information on this area in schools. This build awareness and educate students about this specialty, and especially how to act in case of dealing with a blind man and his dog.