Re: OT- animals health issues
Donna, I'm so sorry about your baby! But I would definitely give him time
to adjust. I'm sure it is heartbreaking watching him be disoriented. Hang
in there girl.
On 1/17/06, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
>
> > Donna, I"m sorry to hear that, but I agree with Theresa and Chris. They
> do
> > adapt. I have a close friend that had a Lab who went blind early in
> life.
> > She lived to be about 16. She was fine, and followed the other dogs even
> > down to the beach and went swimming.
>
> I did some googling tonight hoping to find a copy of James Herriot's story
> online, but I didn't have any luck. It really is a touching true story
> about
> a dog that loses its vision and how the owner is distraught and calls
> James, asking what can be done and fully expecting that the dog should be
> put down.
>
> James suggests that he let the dog be and see how things go. Amazingly
> enough, the next time that James comes to visit the dog is running
> through the fields and jumping over stone walls that it can't even see.
>
> He has a similar story in there about a two-legged dog with both legs
> on the same side.
>
> Anyhow, I did find this book which looked like it might be useful, though:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967225345
>
> It's called 'Living With Blind Dogs' and has really good reviews.
>
> Chris
>
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