My New Blind Rescue

God bless you, thank you for saving her. She is beautiful!;)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

She's absolutely gorgeous! I see a lot of joy in store for the both of you for many years to come! Thank you for rescuing her!

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She is giving me all the thanks I need :D
Today we learned how to walk with the Premeir Gentle Leader head collar, she picked it up right away. No more pulling.

Awww!!! That is so awesome! She is gorgeous!

Good luck with her. I adopted a blind/deaf doxie from the shelter a few years ago. He stayed living with my parents when I moved out, but he's a great dog. I had to train him to react to leash commands, two gentle tugs up meant that stairs, a curb or something similar was coming up (he'd put his nose down and feel his way, like a cane for a blind person), a gentle tug right or left meant that we were slowly changing direction, two tugs in either direction meant that we were making a sharp turn. One tug up mean that we were stopping. Lol. Now, he can go to the bathroom on his own (without someone tugging him around). When I walk into the house and nobody is home, I always stomp twice so that he knows that it's someone that doesn't need to be barked at.

Couple of new pics, she enjoyed the snow today. She has put on a few pounds this week and is starting to get in better shape.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/DSCN0216.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/DSCN0231.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...1/DSCN0218.jpg

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Originally Posted by TooManyToys

She was born that way, must have been some type of genetic defect. She keeps her eyes closed, but you can open them and see the deformed eyes. One of our other dogs only has one eye, and the other has three legs. So I guess were batting a thousand :8:

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That's interesting. I wonder if they have a sensitivity to light, and that's part of the reason she keeps them closed instead of just having them open.

Amazing thing you did, kudos and stars.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

That's interesting. I wonder if they have a sensitivity to light, and that's part of the reason she keeps them closed instead of just having them open.

Amazing thing you did, kudos and stars.

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I've tried shining a flashlight at her in the dark, and there is no recognition. The eye slits don't seem to be full size, and I don't think she has much muscle control over them.

Her eyes are similar to my dog's eyes. He started out with one eye that had a malformed eyeball, and the other eyeball was normal (but blind) and a bright blue color. Now, he simply has two slits. If you open them, you can see the tear ducts and such, but there aren't eyeballs in there at all anymore. His was a genetic problem, he's a double dapple doxie, which is known to cause these problems, as well as missing limbs, ears, tails, etc. Our dog was lucky to only be deaf and have "dissolving" eyeballs that had always been blind. Of course, he was being used as a breeder stud in a puppy mill when the rescue shelter busted them and confiscated all of the dogs.

It looks like she had a lot of fun in the snow! I wonder if she could have some rottweiler mixed in... she looks kinda rotty and they're known to have eye issues... hmmmm....

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Originally Posted by katiadarling

It looks like she had a lot of fun in the snow! I wonder if she could have some rottweiler mixed in... she looks kinda rotty and they're known to have eye issues... hmmmm....

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She is too small of build, and her face up close is different than a rottie. I've been doing some research, and she has many of the characteristics of the Entlebuch Cattle Dog.

http://www.pets.ca/breedprofiles/a/entlebucher/e3.htm