Thursday 4 June 2009

Guide Dogs for the Blind

It costs £40,000 to train a guide dog - they have to be able to do many things in order to enable a blind person to be mobile, go to work etc.

For example, many people do not know that I blind dog must be able to judge relative height.














Upon approaching a bridge or door frame, the guide dog must appraise the height of the impediment and compare it to the height of the person they are guiding. During the training the dog will learn to avoid low bridges and alert the blind person to obstacles.

Most men over six foot tall cannot do this consistently for themselves -particularly having had more than a pint of Stella - so it is little wonder the puppy training is expensive.

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