Guide dogs are strictly trained dogs that can help blind people take care of their daily lives. After careful training, guide dogs can lead the blind to walk safely, and when they need to turn when encountering obstacles, they will guide their owners to stop and avoid danger. A trained guide dog will guide the owner through busy crowds and streets.

Training a guide dog is to make it form a conditioned reflex.

How does an ordinary puppy become a qualified guide dog? The first step in training guide dogs: choose trained puppies. In the animal experimental center, dogs trained to guide the blind belong to two dog breeds-Golden Retriever and Labrador. According to Damon, "these two dogs are of moderate size and easy to pull;" Gentle and peaceful personality, not easily influenced by external stimuli, and will not leave the owner casually. "

Two months after birth, guide dogs will be sent to volunteers' homes for foster care, with the aim of getting them familiar with people's living environment. When the guide dog reaches 1 year old, its personality is stable, and its acceptance and coping ability are the best. The trainer will take them back for training, which will take about half a year.

First of all, we should train the puppy to complete all the basic skills freely. Training the response to obstacles is actually to make the puppy form a conditioned reflex. For example, in order to train the guide dog to meet the stairs, the trainer will take the puppy to the stairs and beat the stairs or other things with his hand to stop the puppy and lean against the trainer. This is the way over and over again, let the puppy form a habit, see the stairs stop automatically, and bend over to block the human body until the success rate reaches 99%.

Finally, guide dogs should be trained with their future owners, and the owners should learn how to work with guide dogs, how to command, how to feed and so on. Puppies should know the living environment and working environment of their new owners. If the two sides cooperate tacitly, the guide dog will be taken home by the blind and officially begin to "work on the job". A guide dog usually works for 8 years. After retirement, some guide dogs will live with their owners forever, while others will be sent back to the training center.

"Guide dogs must rely on blind roads to guide the blind, and the construction of blind roads in China is not enough."