The deaf dog...

[kas125]

Today I went and got her from the animal control facility where she's been since Christmas Eve. She is so very sweet and loving; it boggles my mind that nobody else wanted her. Seven different people there told me that she was the best dog in the place and some actually cried when I took her out the door. She's been playing with my other dog all day and I think they love each other already. She does need to learn some manners, she stuck her nose into a bowl of fettucini alfredo on the kitchen table and she wants nothing to do with being in a crate after being locked up for three and a half months, but I can't blame her for that at all. She was very good when I bathed her and didn't even mind the hair dryer. I love her so much already!!

[njlib]

1. Congratulations to both of you!!

Here's wishing you all a long, happy life together!! So, got any pics of her new 'do and/or both dogs together?? I saw the pics in your other thread and she looks like a little mush!!

[kas125]

2. Thank you so much! I didn't take many pictures today,

but I did take a few, and one short video before my camera's memory card was full. I deleted a bunch of stuff so I can take more pics tomorrow.

[njlib]

7. LOL...looks like you're gonna have your hands full!!

I'm picturing them playing in the house, destroying everything in their path, with the cat looking on...extremely unamused!! :)

[kas125]

15. They try, but when they start doing that in the house, I make

them go outside. And the cat is very unamused, I think she's mad at me for bringing another dog home. She's spent the last two days staying as high off the floor as she can get, giving the dogs and me the evil eye, lol.

[get the red out]

19. How sweet!

Such adorable dogs.

[kas125]

3. Also, the people at the shelter were so glad to see her go

to a real home. They asked me if I wanted to foster her first before I decided to keep her. I said, no, I already know I want her, I fell in love with her just from her pictures. They prepared the papers for me to sign and then told me that they'd put it as a foster anyway and that after I take her to my vet and come back to actually adopt her, they'd deem it a rescue instead of an adoption so I wouldn't have to pay the adoption fee.

[Contrary1]

4. Oh my!

She's nothing short of gorgeous!
Hugs to you for adopting this beautiful dog! :pals:
PS... Would you like a kitten? :rofl:

[kas125]

5. You have no idea how hard it was for me to leave that place

without a kitten, lol. In the lobby they had three crates with kittens in them and a window where you could look into a room with cats lounging around. There was a black and white one who really, really tempted me but I managed to leave there without him. My cat is displeased enough with two dogs in the house now, she'd have been REALLY pissed if I'd brought home another kitty!

[livetohike]

6. I want to hug her and your other doggie too

:hi:

[kas125]

14. If you're ever in our area, feel free to stop by and hug both

of them anytime!

[Zoigal]

8. Thank you, kas125, for giving her a forever home.

One of our whippets became deaf as he aged, and he learned
hand signals easily and it didn't seem to bother him. She appears
to be happy and settled in already.....z

[kas125]

12. Thanks! Yes, she does seem to be happy and settled now.

She adores my other dog even though he teases her mercilessly, lol. Whoever has a toy or a bone, the other one wants it. They chase each other and wrestle, growl, show their teeth to each other like wolves, nip each other a few times and then he jumps up on the table on the deck outside and shows her that he has it and she sits and barks at him because she hasn't figured out yet that she can jump up on that table, too, if she wants to. He's stronger and a little bigger, but she's faster and has longer teeth. I'm having a great time watching them!

Here's a two second video the him kissing her - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1783654106044&comments

[Stinky The Clown]

9. That dog is totally gorgeous!

I'm sure her other senses will compensate - and keep you on your toes!

Love her!

[kas125]

10. She IS gorgeous! One picture that I took of her, if someone

had shown it to me, I'd have sworn it was a picture of my dog who died in 1984 if I didn't know it wasn't. And she's pretty smart, too. I've been working a little with the flashlight/clicker training and after two ten minute sessions she sits and lies down when I give her the hand signs. I am so nuts about this dog already that I can't even believe it myself.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. We had another Border Collie maybe 15 years ago. She went blind.

I can't recall what the diagnosis was, but it was, essentially, spontaneous blindness. It came on pretty much overnight. Remarkably, we didn't realize it for a few hours into the day as she hardly acted any different than she had the day before.

[kas125]

13. Wow, did she live long after she lost her sight? When I

moved here to care for my dad after my mom died, they had a chow who was sweet and wonderful. The vet told me that most chows live to be ten; she lived to almost fourteen. Two years ago, when I got Casey, my golden retriever/husky mix (I refuse to call him a Goberian, lol) she lived three and a half days after I brought him home. The first two days, they played a little and she kind of took care of the puppy, but the third day, she was walking sideways and leaning her head in a really strange position all the time. It took me a few hours to figure out that she couldn't see. The next day, she couldn't get up and when we took her to our vet, who is wonderful, he said it was time to let her go, so we did. I swear that she made herself live until we got another dog to 'take care of us.'

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Ours lived another year or so.

The onset was late in her life. She was maybe 12 when she went blind. Ultimately, she had a stroke and lost use of her hind legs. This also caused her to be incontinent. We took her to the human side of Rainbow Bridge so she wouldn't suffer any longer.

She wasn't our first dog, bu it was years until we got another dog.

And now we have three.

[Tripod]

16. Great post.

[ceile]

18. beautiful!

She looks very happy.