INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON FACILITIES OF THE VARIOUS ROOM CONFIGURATIONS OF GUIDE DOG TRAINING FACILITIES IN JAPAN

Abstract

The present report comprises a facility investigation of 11 guide dog training facilities run by 11 corporations as guide dog training facilities authorized by the National Public Safety Commission in Japan.
The layout of each facility and the scale and configuration of the various rooms within are clarified based on categorization of the rooms into the kennel, joint-training, and administrative and management offices divisions, and the diversity among the facilities is discussed.
Specific examples are cited to analyze the characteristics of the kennels and joint training rooms.