Training of Guide-Dogs in Kupavna

In Russia, the Republican School for Recovery of working abilities of blind people and training of guide-dogs in Kupavna, the Moscow Region, is the only place in this country where guide-dogs are trained.

On the training ground of the school all objects and obstacles resemble the real life so that guide-dogs could know how to behave in every particular situation starting with the very first day of training.

Dog trainers use a walking stick and a breast-band so that guide-dogs could get used to the mode of living of their future blind masters.

If a guide-dog sees an obstacle over three centimeters high and can walk around the obstacle it must do it. In case it does not it must stop for some time so that its blind master could touch a safe way with a walking stick and tell the dog to continue walking.