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High-speed toy squirrel helping train guide dogs

高速玩具松鼠车帮助训犬师训练导盲犬

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Good morning, welcome to Guide Dogs. How can I help?

早上好，欢迎致电英国导盲犬协会。我能帮您吗？

Jayne McCubbin, BBC correspondent
"The squirrel."

珍妮·麦卡宾 BBC 通讯员
“那只 ‘松鼠’。”

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
The squirrel.

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“那只 ‘松鼠’。”

Jayne McCubbin, BBC correspondent
"We need to talk about the squirrel."

珍妮·麦卡宾 BBC 通讯员
“我们需要聊聊那只 ‘松鼠’。”

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"We need to talk about the squirrel."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“我们需要聊聊那只 ‘松鼠’。”

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"For some of our dogs, it can be really hard in training to ignore small, fluffy things that run really quickly. So one of the innovations that we have at Guide Dogs is we have 'squirrel car'."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“对于一些我们训练的导盲犬来说，想要在训练中学会不去理睬那些小的、毛茸茸的并且移动迅速的东西可能会很困难。所以英国导盲犬协会的创新之一就是我们的 ‘松鼠车’。”

That's right, squirrel car. Once the guiding harness goes on, focus is all important.
是的，这就是松鼠车。一旦套上牵引绳，对导盲犬来说最重要的就是专注。

So I just pop it down just for now.
我现在先把它放在地上。

And squirrel car is now the way they put that focus to the test.
而面对松鼠车的干扰就是现在训犬师测试导盲犬们专注力的方法。

Just mark them for when they look away.
它们被吸引看向别处时我们就会记录下来。

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"And squirrel car is essentially a lifelike-looking squirrel toy that has been tied to a remote control car, so that we can then drive this around our dogs while they learn to perform their guiding duties. And it really helps prepare them for the real world when that squirrel does fall out the tree, or does cut across the pavement in front of them, so they can focus on their guiding work and keep people safe."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“松鼠车从本质上来说就是把一个逼真的松鼠玩具绑在一辆遥控车上，这样我们就能操控它在学习引导工作的狗狗周围四处移动。这确实能帮助导盲犬提前适应现实世界中的环境，这样一旦真的有松鼠从树上掉下来或者在它们面前穿越人行道时，它们依然能专注于自己的导盲工作，从而守护人们的安全。”

And we'll just build up a little bit of that speed. Good girl. Good girl.
现在咱们提高一点速度。好姑娘，真棒。

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"We don't start by whizzing it straight across in front of the dogs. We build it up really slowly."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“我们不会一开始就让松鼠车直接从狗狗们的面前窜过去。我们会一点点慢慢地提高松鼠车的速度。”

Jayne McCubbin, BBC correspondent
"The curiosity is there, isn't it?"

珍妮·麦卡宾 BBC 通讯员
“狗狗们还是会有好奇心的，对不对？”

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"Absolutely. So they have this learning history, and it builds up to be so strong that when they're out in the wild and they do see a squirrel, and we do practise it outside as well to get them used to the concept, they just go, 'Oh, it's a squirrel, I need to get to the kerb'."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“那是当然。狗狗们的这些学习经验会不断累积，最终形成一种习惯，这样当它们真的在户外看到一只松鼠时，并且我们也会带它们在户外进行练习，让它们熟悉各种户外情况——它们就会想 ‘噢，这只是一只松鼠，我需要继续引导主人走到马路边上’。”

Dr Karen Brady, Training and Behaviour, Guide Dogs
"We do this with squirrels, prams, pushchairs, bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, all those kind of things that the dog's going to have to face in the real world."

凯伦·布雷迪博士 英国导盲犬协会训练和行为专家
“我们会用松鼠、婴儿车、轮椅、自行车、电动自行车和电动滑板等等各种各样狗狗需要在现实世界中面对的东西进行训练。”

Jayne McCubbin, BBC correspondent
"She did really well then."

珍妮·麦卡宾 BBC 通讯员
“它刚才表现得很棒。”

Charlotte Warlowe, trainer, Guide Dogs
"Oh she's amazing. She's such a good girl. Once she's in the mode, she's like, 'Right, let's do it. I just love to work. Let's go.'"

夏洛特·沃洛 英国导盲犬协会训犬师
“它表现特别好。真是个好姑娘。一旦它进入了工作状态，它就好像在想：‘好了，咱们开始工作吧。我特别喜欢工作。咱们走吧。’”

All being well, about five weeks, and then she'll be a fully-qualified guide dog.
一切顺利的话，大约五周后，它就能成为一只合格的导盲犬了。

Very curious, what a good girl.
虽然很好奇，但真是个好姑娘。

Of course, chasing small, fluffy things is absolutely in a dog's nature. But when you are a guide dog…
当然，追逐毛茸茸的小东西玩绝对是狗狗的天性。不过当你是一只导盲犬时……

Now they're fighting over the small, fluffy things.
现在它们开始争抢这些毛茸茸的小玩具了。

… it has to be the right kind of fluffy thing at the right time.
你就得等到合适的时间再去追合适的毛茸茸的东西。