Jiangsu's first guide dog "Zhuang Zhuang" has retired (this newspaper reported on July 30, 2020), and Changzhou blind massage master Ding Zhiqiang has applied for the guide dog "Odi" to replace "Zhuang Zhuang" as his own. Eye".
September 17th is the first day of "Odie" on duty.
What kind of sparks will a senior who has retired for half a month meets a new guide dog for the first day at work?
The Ziniu News reporter came to them to find out.
Ziniu News reporter Ma Ben Guo Jingyu
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Guide dog "Odie"
1 year and 8 months skipped graduation
"Of these five guide dogs, Odie is the youngest, only 1 year and 8 months old, and the older ones are around 3 years old." Ding Zhiqiang of the Tiandao Blind Tuina Shop flew to Dalian alone on August 24, passing by After more than 20 days of training, he finally got his second guide dog: "Odie".
“Guide dogs who can pass the training, pass the exam and finally take up the job within 2 years old are rare.” On the morning of September 17, a reporter from Ziniu News came to Ding Zhiqiang’s massage shop. He introduced this new dog to the reporter. Partner, "Odie's age can be regarded as a skipper in a guide dog."
These guide dogs have to undergo rigorous training at the Dalian Training Base for Guide Dogs in China, and the elimination rate is very high.
“Guide dogs also have graduation exams. The trainers will wear all black blindfolds for the test. Only after passing the graduation exams can they be matched with blind people who apply for guide dogs.” Ding Zhiqiang said, after running in with Odie for a while , Also have an exam, mainly to test whether you can control this guide dog.
"I passed it only once, and some people need to take the make-up exam. If the make-up exam still fails, they cannot be adopted."
Ding Zhiqiang took the plane back to Changzhou on the evening of September 16.
"The airline learned that I was going to fly with a guide dog, and when I only purchased one ticket, it reserved three seats. Odie was lying at my feet during the flight."
The "Odie" who flew on the plane for the first time was a little nervous. When the plane took off or encountered turbulence, it would sit up vigilantly.
"Because Zhuangzhuang rides more often in airplanes, every time he takes him out to play, he sleeps on his feet." Ding Zhiqiang said.
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The first time I went to the store to work, he showed his "warm man" character
At 10 o'clock in the morning on the 17th, when the reporter came to the Tiandao Blind Massage Shop, Ding Zhiqiang was performing pediatric massage for a child, and "Odie" was lying on his side and watching intently.
"It was the first day I arrived in the store. It should feel fresher when I saw my work for the first time."
The Ziniu News reporter saw at the scene that "Odie" was quite sensitive to all kinds of sounds outside the store. When a vehicle honked its horn, it would turn its head to observe.
During the massage process, Ding Zhiqiang asked the child to get up and said "get up". Odie immediately sat up and started working.
"I have to tell it at this time, not calling it, instructing him to continue to get down."
The reporter saw that during the massage process, when the children were crying, Odie immediately showed his warm-heartedness and leaned over with concern.
"During training in Dalian, Odie saw the trainer’s child crying, so he snatched his toy, and then lifted the toy high to the children to comfort him." Ding Zhiqiang said, sometimes Without finding the toy, Odie simply took a shoe in front of the child, because he thought the shoe was fun for him, and the child would like it too.
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The encounter between old and new guide dogs is hilarious
Because the original foster family gave up adopting the retired guide dog "Zhuang Zhuang", Ding Zhiqiang's application was approved and "Zhuang Zhuang" was able to stay at home.
So how will the two guide dogs get along in the coming days?
"The first time I came back was very particular. You can't bring Odie home directly. You must let them meet downstairs first." On the evening of the 16th, Ding Zhiqiang brought "Odie" to the downstairs, and his family would be "strong and strong." "He also took it down.
After some introduction, the two guide dogs have a preliminary understanding.
"When you go home, let Odie go in first. If Zhuangzhuang goes back first, it will feel that an intruder is coming from its own territory." Ding Zhiqiang said, "Odie" after returning home came into a strange environment. Follow yourself every step of the way.
"When I go to bed at night, Odie slept on the ground on my side, and Zhuangzhuang slept on my wife's side."
When I went out on the morning of the 17th, "Zhuang Zhuang", who had been resting for more than 20 days, was ready to start working again. Ding Zhiqiang patted it and said, "You are retired, take a good rest, and come to the store in the daytime later. I am. During the first few days after leaving, I heard that he was very depressed." Ding Zhiqiang said that at present, the two dogs get along fairly well.
"Odie wants to play with Zhuang Zhuang very much. The puppies should like to play with big dogs. However, Zhuang Zhuang is a little bit disgusted with Odie. He feels that he is a furry kid who doesn't understand anything and doesn't want to pay attention to him."
The reporter saw in the massage shop that "Zhuang Zhuang" was also sent to the shop by Ding Zhiqiang's family during the lunch break.
"Ou Di" immediately came to the spirit and wanted to play with "Zhuang Zhuang", but "Zhuang Zhuang" looked serious and turned his head deliberately.
Seeing that "Zhuang Zhuang" ignored himself, "Odie" simply turned upside down and twisted on the ground, making Ding Zhiqiang and the clerk laugh.
"Compared with Zhuangzhuang, Odie is more lively. On the one hand, there may be some differences in personality, on the other hand, it is indeed younger." Ding Zhiqiang said that next he will follow the requirements of the trainer to restrain, believe "Odie "It will also be an excellent guide dog.
■News extension
17.31 million: 200
According to CCTV News, data from the China Association for the Blind in May 2019 show that there are currently 17.31 million people with visual disabilities in the country, while the number of existing guide dogs is less than 200.
China Guide Dog Training Base in Dalian is the first guide dog training base in mainland China. According to a reporter from CCTV, since its establishment in 2006, it has successfully trained more than 180 guide dogs.
This means that in most cities, there may be a handful of guide dogs, and some cities do not even have one.
According to the standards of the International Guide Dogs Federation, only 1% of the visually impaired in a country use guide dogs, can it be called the popularization of guide dogs.
According to China’s 17.31 million visually disabled population, the number of guide dogs should be around 170,000.
In terms of the penetration rate of guide dogs, the world’s major developed countries have not reached the standard.
But in China, the gap is even greater in terms of absolute numbers and penetration rates.
The life of a guide dog:
Learn to obey more than 30 commands
Lost "love"
According to The Paper, the guide dog was "planned" for a lifetime long before he was born.
According to the "Guide Dog National Standards", it needs to have a complete pedigree, three generations of clear origin, and non-aggressive.
A guide dog will go through about 2 years of foster care and training before going into service, learn to obey more than 30 orders, and remember more than 5 destinations.
In order to ensure the stability of the guide dog's personality, the interference of the heterosexual dog from the outside world is excluded from the work. Unless it is selected as a breed dog, the guide dog will generally be sent for neutering.
From the moment they come to the blind person, guide dogs will accompany their owner for 8-10 years, and their life span is generally only 10-15 years, and they are almost the “eyes” of the blind in their entire life.
In addition to strict selection and time-consuming breeding, another reason for the scarcity of guide dogs is that the price of breeding is very high.
According to reports, the current price of training a guide dog ranges from 250,000 to 290,000 yuan.
Blind people can apply for a guide dog breeding base to obtain the right to use guide dogs for free, but they need to have the basic economic ability to cover the daily expenses (food, epidemic prevention, hygiene, medical treatment, etc.) of guide dogs.
Guide dogs are selected before they are born. After family fostering and professional training, they wear three certificates and one suit (the three certificates are the "Dog Breeding Registration Certificate", "Vaccine Certificate" and "Guide Dog Use Certificate". "Blind dogs" and the red work clothes of the "Disabled Persons' Federation" can be "on duty".