Mans best friend, can also be mans best employee. Todays post is dedicated to the glorious guide dogs out in the world helping the blind everyday not just assisting with sight but also providing a unique friendship. From the age of seven weeks old guide dog puppies are selected by their characteristics and social behaviour and then placed in a temporary home for 12 months to be socialised with humans and other dogs as well as receive intensive strict training to become a successful guide dog.
The Germans came up with the solution of our furry companion after the First World War to assist the blinded veterans. It was so successful that by the 1920s there were guide dog schools in England, Italy and United States of America. It has been a highly successful for almost 100 years. It provides great benefit to the blind person but is it completely fair on the dog.
“Dogs” came about from cavemen breading wolves. The cave man would select the runt and wolves that were less aggressive and more obedient. Over time our fearful wolf became mans best friend. So the concept of the guide is still an evolutionary tweak on the domestication of animal by human. Farm dogs are also job purpose dogs. The purpose is to herd the sheep and cattle and protecting the herd at night. No this blogger doesn’t believe that relationship is unfair. In fact quite the opposite, this companionship is co-dependent full of mutual respect and love.
So how are guide dogs matched to their owner. The guide dog providers take into account a person’s needs – their length of stride, walking speed, height, lifestyle, personality and whether they have other disabilities in addition to sight loss – the instructor looks for a dog that will be a good match. After visiting the potential owner with the dog to check the dog is suitable, they tailor the final stage of training to meet the specific needs of the future owner – for example, if she’s a mum who uses a pram the dog will be trained to walk to give room for the pram.
Feedapet believes the relationship between the guide dog and the blind person is a dedicated and admirable friendship. Feedapet understands that there are many obstacles that face blind people and have identified a simple solution to the daily chores and commitments to the guide dog. Feedapet is a timed automatic food dispenser. The owner needs to stock the food into the Feedapet once and the Feedapet will provide proportioned food at allocated times per day, serving up to 3 days worth of meals. This assists the blind owner with piece of mind and convenience of monitored feeding schedule allowing the owner more time to pat, play and bond with their best friend, their companion, their guide dog.
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1 comments:
do you think the guide dogs really solve the problems for the blinds ? or it actually create another problem in order to solve the problem. I think it is important to remember that a dog guide has some inherent limitations as well simply because it is an animal.
as in the society currently, there are some misconception about the guide dogs. For example is that, a lot of people think the dog guide will identify buildings that the traveler may wish to find. No no no, the user must also always have good information and good travel skills at his command in order to be an effective dog guide user
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