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Guide Dogs
EditGuide dogs are dogs trained to support independent travel for people who are blind or partially sighted, working as a team with a handler who has little or no useful vision [1]. Candidate dogs are screened with structured evaluations of behaviour and temperament [2], and the predictive validity of such evaluations for later working outcome has been examined in young guide and service dogs [3]. Selection research has also tested motor laterality, behavioural reactivity and salivary cortisol concentration against success in formal training programmes [4]. Dogs withdrawn from guiding are removed chiefly for environmental anxiety, training difficulty and fear or aggression [1].
guide dogs
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