How labradors become guide dogs

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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

01:03A dog is a dog

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01:07A dog is a dog

01:09A dog is a dog

01:11A dog is a dog

01:13A dog is a dog

01:15A dog is a dog

01:17A dog is a dog

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.

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