Magal Deutsch is a medical student who has come to study at UD from Israel. He is connected to Hungary not only through his studies but also through family traditions, as one of his grandfathers was a doctor of Hungarian descent. Among other things, this familial connection prompted him to choose the field of medicine and to decide that he would get a medical degree and a diploma from a university in Hungary. The reason why he ended up in Debrecen in the end was that he had heard a lot about it from his compatriots who had gone to our university. At present, there are 225 Israeli students at UD, constituting the largest Israeli student body in Hungary, so Magal has managed to find here a home away from home.
Thanks to the chilly weather of the past few days, the Israeli student could easily practice his favorite winter sport, which is dog sledding. Pulled along by his two-year-old Alaskan Malamute called Snow, he has traveled up and down the area of Nagyerdő. This unusual sight has made it to the opening pages of newspapers and to the newsrooms of TV channels. The background story that first appeared at haon.hu has been taken over by national television channels, including M1 and TV2.
“It is hard to believe that there is such a high level of interest here about something that is not a novelty for me at all. All that happened was that I rode on my sled pulled by Snow around the university one morning. As time passes, I would love to see the popularity of dog sports growing through the assistance of the university. I can even imagine that they could be offered as an elective among Physical Education choices, as there are quite a few students here who own a dog, and they would probably be interested in such an opportunity. Agility, canicross, and bikejöring are all activities that improve the physique of both the dogs and their owners. In addition, they are a lot of fun, too,” said Magal, concerning his recent experiences related to dog sports.
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