In just a few months, this Labrador will become a guide dog. Here's how he's trained. (via Brut nature)
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00:00Let's go!
00:02Let me introduce you to Nawak, who in a few months will become a guide
00:06and will help a blind person in their daily journeys.
00:30The difference between a dog and a cane is that with a cane,
00:33you go against obstacles, you avoid them,
00:37so you touch the obstacle all the time.
00:40With a dog, you have a way of slaloming and you no longer feel the obstacles.
00:44You also have the side of the dog where you are not alone in the street,
00:49so you have a relationship with your dog,
00:52which sometimes makes you feel a little less alone.
00:55In addition, it creates a good social bond.
00:57Nawak, forward!
01:01A dog is a dog
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01:19All our blind people are different.
01:21We have elderly people who need a calm dog,
01:24but we also have very sporty blind people,
01:26or people who work and do a lot of things
01:28and who need a dog with a lot of resistance
01:30and great ability to work.
01:32But the main thing is to have a sociable dog
01:34and that he is as fearless as possible in the street.
01:50The dog, when he joins the association,
01:52he is about one year old
01:54and he works for eight months of effective time.
01:57He works about two hours a day
01:59to go outside.
02:01At the beginning, we work the dog at ease
02:03and then we put what you see here on his back,
02:06a rigid harness
02:08that allows you to feel the dog's movements.
02:11When the dog moves forward,
02:13I feel that he is training me.
02:15And on the other hand, when he makes a stop,
02:17for example, the dog is blocked,
02:19so it allows me to know that I have to stop.
02:23During his outings,
02:25the dog learns to walk straight on a sidewalk,
02:27as I told you,
02:29to stop at each edge of the sidewalk
02:31and to avoid all kinds of obstacles.
02:33Here we have the sidewalk that is blocked,
02:35so the dog stops
02:37and brings the person to the edge of the sidewalk.
02:39Come on, forward.
02:41To the left.
02:43The dog must also learn his directions
02:45so that the blind person can define his course
02:49and command his dog
02:51to the right, to the left,
02:53wherever he wants.
02:55Another job of our dog to teach him
02:57is also all that is research work.
02:59The search for a staircase,
03:01or the search for a door or a seat
03:03so that the person can,
03:05especially when she goes to an administration
03:07or a public park,
03:09settle on a bench, for example.
03:23Come on.
03:33Come on, baby.
03:35After the effort, the comfort.