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Výchova a výcvik asistenčních psů - přístupy a metody
LAZÁRKOVÁ, Aneta
The bachelor thesis deals with the education and training of assistance and guide dogs, especially their pretraining. For this area are most often used breeds of retrievers, purposeful crosses and to a lesser extent also shepherd breeds - especially border collies. Approaches and methods that can be used when working with these dogs are presented. The actual observation focuses on the individual stages of the pre-training of future assistance and guide dogs and describes in detail the methodology of their training. A questionnaire survey was used to analyse the success of the pre-training of 35 dogs, including an assessment of their temperament. These dogs were monitored for sex, breed, origin (with or without pass of origin), success in completing training and reasons for removal from the program. The actual progress of the pre-training was monitored and recorded for four puppies between January 2022 and completion in March 2024. These were specifically a Border Collie, a Flat Coated Retriever, a Golden Retriever and a Goldendoodle. The Golden Retriever was the most used breed for assistance and guide dog training, while the Golden Retriever was also the breed with the highest number of dogs removed from training. Only 29 % of dogs successfully completed training and were handed over. The most common reasons for removal from training were inappropriate personality traits, heart and eye findings and radiographic findings on the musculoskeletal system. Of the four puppies studied, only the Flat Coated Retriever completed complete training as an assistance dog.
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The Preparation and the Use of Guide and Assistance Dogs
REŠLOVÁ, Dominika
The thesis deals with the preparation and the use of guide and assitence dogs. The first part characterises basic terms based on therapy with animals, three types of auxiliary dogs, the history and the right choice of these dogs, their training, final exam and transport to their clients. In the pratical part, we can find the type of research, the choice of methodology, the process of data pooling, participants of the research a the methods of the research´s structure. In the second part of the bachelor thesis, we canfind the interviews with people who train the guide and assitance dogs and also with people who use help of these dogs. In this bachelor thesis I chose the qualitative research and I used a method called interview.
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Hearing dogs - Assistive devices for the Deaf?
Záhorská, Kateřina ; Hudáková, Andrea (advisor) ; Richterová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with dogs employed in the socio-medical field, especially with assistance and hearing dogs. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part the reader is introduced to the categories of dogs employed in this field, their special training (including interested organizations) is described and last but not least appropriate legislative measures are described. Attention is also paid to the situation abroad (in the USA, Great Britain and Slovakia). Information in the theoretical part served as resource for the practical part, which is divided into two units: passportization of dogs which are employed in the socio-medical field in Czech Republic; questionnaire survey among people with hearing loss, who are owners of dogs without special assistance/hearing training. In the conclusion the author uses the previously collected data to search for an answer to a question, whether a dog (even without a special training) can be an assistive device for people with hearing loss. Keywords: Hearing dog, assistance dog, assistive device, deaf, communication
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Role of a service dog for people with autism spectrum disorder
Cihlářová, Kristýna ; Jamrichová, Jana (advisor) ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the role of the service dog with autism spectrum disorder and its benefit. The aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of a dog on socialization in children with ASD within school, leisure activities and to determine its influence within the whole society. The thesis summarizes the opinions of social workers and parents, who can, considering their own experience, evaluate comprehensively the benefit of the service dog for this client group. The thesis is divided into theoretical and research part. The theoretical part deals with the defining the autism spectrum disorder, etiology, classification, diagnostics, areas of development of social skills and socialization in people with ASD. Further it deals with the topic of service dogs, canistherapy, training and selection of a dog, organizations that help this particular group of clients. It describes in detail the activities of one chosen organisation, so that it comprehensively captures the process in which the service dog can function and its training in the people with ASD. The research part defines the aim of the research, which is to find out the role of the service dogs on socialisation in the people with ASD. Furthermore it describes the research questions which are: How does the assistance dog contribute to...
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Legislation of dog keeping and breeding
Kozderková, Alžběta ; Stejskal, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Damohorský, Milan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the legal regulation of breeding and keeping dogs, which is incorporated into the context of animal welfare and the relevant legal regulations. The thesis consists of three parts, each of which is dedicated to a specific thematic area. The first part deals with the legal status of dogs and their protection. It is divided into six chapters. The first chapter introduces the issue of granting legal subjectivity to animals. This forms the basis for understanding the further development of legislation on the status and protection of animals. Other chapters of this section introduce the reader to the relevant international, European and national legislation. Emphasis is placed on the status of the animal - the dog and onto provisions related, in particular, to civil law and criminal law. The second and third part represents the core part of the diploma thesis. The second part is devoted to dog breeding and related activities. It is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the field of dog breeding, together with the analysis of the current issues of puppy mills. The second chapter focuses on the area of dog transportation. It provides an analysis of the general conditions of animal transportation and further focuses on the domestic transportation of dogs by...
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Hearing dogs - Assistive devices for the Deaf?
Záhorská, Kateřina ; Hudáková, Andrea (advisor) ; Richterová, Klára (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with hearing dogs. The reader is introduced to the categories of dogs employed in the socio-medical field, is described in detail special training of hearing dogs, attention is also focused on financing and related legislation. For comparison, it is briefly mentioned situation abroad (in the USA, in the Great Britain and in Slovakia). Special attention is paid to communicate with a dog, especially for hand signals and an explanation of the difference between them and isolated signs from Czech sign language. The practical part contains chapters focused on passportization of dogs which are employed in the socio-medical field in the Czech Republic, a survey among persons with hearing loss who own a dog without special assistance/hearing training and a case study about one hearing dog used by person with hearing loss. Keywords: Hearing dog, assistance dog, assistive device, deaf, communication
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Hearing dogs - Assistive devices for the Deaf?
Záhorská, Kateřina ; Hudáková, Andrea (advisor) ; Richterová, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with dogs employed in the socio-medical field, especially with assistance and hearing dogs. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part the reader is introduced to the categories of dogs employed in this field, their special training (including interested organizations) is described and last but not least appropriate legislative measures are described. Attention is also paid to the situation abroad (in the USA, Great Britain and Slovakia). Information in the theoretical part served as resource for the practical part, which is divided into two units: passportization of dogs which are employed in the socio-medical field in Czech Republic; questionnaire survey among people with hearing loss, who are owners of dogs without special assistance/hearing training. In the conclusion the author uses the previously collected data to search for an answer to a question, whether a dog (even without a special training) can be an assistive device for people with hearing loss. Keywords: Hearing dog, assistance dog, assistive device, deaf, communication
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The Dog as a Supporting Part in Caring for Different Target Groups of Clients
Pecharová, Marie ; Vodáčková, Daniela (advisor) ; Havránková, Olga (referee)
The theoretical part describes the history and theory in the zoo-rehabilitation and canis- rehabilitation, its use as a therapy to improve physical and mental health on specific examples in each of the health and social area. In the area of assistance dogs and introduces the history of the field, with the methodology of selecting an appropriate dog and its training for the disabled. For signal dogs describes the history, function as a guard dog health deterioration of the patient when a dog detects, for example. upcoming epileptic seizure, diabetic coma, etc. Deaf dog for his master's notes on the sounds, for which it is trained. In the use of the dog - the mediator shows the use of a different method of communication when the dog is a mediator between the client and the therapist. It is used in situations where they are unable to make contact with the client. In the research section analysed the answers of helping dogs to questions posed in the questionnaire, and evaluated their experience with them. The questionnaire was, together with an accompanying letter handed over to organizations carrying out training to assist dogs. These organizations also have sent my cover letter with the questionnaire to its clients, and the clients themselves have filled in questionnaires and returned...
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Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT): Therapy Dog, Exams, the Dog's influence on the classroom climate and the Employment of AAT in Primary and Special Schools.
PHAN, Kim
The purpose of this diploma work is to introduce zootherapy and therapy dog and to determine the possibilities of employing therapy dogs in education of children in elementary and special schools. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the description of zootherapy, its forms and methods. It also deals with preparation and exams for therapists. Lastly there is a section on therapy dogs, their personality and preparation for this field of work. You can also find some information on how to choose the best puppy using the puppy aptitude test. The practical part of this thesis deals with the employment of animal assisted therapy at normal and speial schools. The results had been achieved through interviews that I had made with therapists who use dogs at schools and also through obseration during those classes.
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Admission options of student with physical impairment with assistance dog at elemetary schools in Pilsen district
SMOLOVÁ, Magdalena
This thesis examines options of student with physical impairment to have itegrated education in Pilsen district if he needs an assistance dog. Theoretical part is summary of disabilities, inclusive education, history of approach to impairment students in Czech Republic and legal approach to integration and inclusion. Further more the thesis characterize importance of assistance dog for impairment student and his family and there are explained in detail how are assistance dogs trained and passed to impairment student. Empirical part contains questionnaires from elementary schools in Pilsen district. Samplecontains answers from directors of schools, because they are deciding about access of disabled student with assistance dog to the school. Possitive approach about assistant dog presence have directors who were informed enough about these issue from lectures and publicpresentations about these dogs. The decesion-making are influenced by social-psychological factors too.
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