Stories

Quite often I am asked, “Should I get him a guide dog?” I always think of a dynamic duo of Dachshunds I once knew in the clinic. They had lived together for over 7 years when one of the dogs suddenly lost vision and was diagnosed with a condition called SARDS, Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration… Read More

Society’s pressure makes coping with blindness difficult for people. When our dogs lose vision, they don’t have to face these expectations. They don’t worry about disappointment; they don’t worry about cultural pressures. And this frees them to explore without inhibition using all of their other senses. Not just with hearing and smelling as you might… Read More

  Beau spent his early years in the show ring winning points toward a championship title. Weighing only 9 pounds, his personality (and fabulous good looks) gave him a presence that filled a room. But very early in his life he developed cataracts and glaucoma (high pressures inside the eye) that made cataract surgery risky…. Read More