Posted on 04/27/2012 1:19:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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Blair is a 1-year-old black Labrador mix brought to the Woodland West Animal Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., after she was shot while living on the streets. After he recovered from his wounds, Blair remained at the clinic, a timid and nervous pup whose difficult history made her hard to place with an adopted family, the hospital’s director, Dr. Mike Jones, told ABCNews.com.
Then there was Tanner, a two-year-old Golden Retriever puppy who was born blind and with a seizure disorder so severe he was sent to Woodland Hospital as a last resort after his first owner died and the Oklahoma City-based Sooner Golden Retriever Rescue organization that had assumed his care, was unable to find a family to give him the around-the-clock care he needed.
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“One day they were exercising in a play yard together and they got together, Jones said. “Blair all of a sudden seemed to realize that Tanner was blind and just started to help him around.”
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The bond is so strong and instinctive that if Tanner has a leash on, Blair will pick it up and guide her friend around, according to Jones. Likewise, he said, Tanner has had a calming influence on Blair, making the former street dog much less timid and anxious.
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Ping!
Absolutely.
Thank God too this isn’t just limited to dogs.
Exactly my feelings and I had not figured out the words!
Thank you...I try so very hard to be the “giver” in my little corner of the world.
Couldn’t they have gotten the dog a seeing-eye person? :=)
Working dogs need jobs to do. :-)
My thoughts, exactly.
Beautiful story!
Made my screen get a little blurry though.....
Similar story from the German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County archive:
http://www.gsroc.org/available_dogs_detail.asp?ID=1093
I’m sure you’ve heard about my dogs Castor and Pollux.
I don’t know whether you are aware that Castor was VERY vision limited when born, and it just got worse as he aged.
What made me get BOTH the boys (Castor ended up being 100 lbs, Pollux 135) was because I noticed that wherever Castor went, Pollux was watching him.
It turned out that one of my dogs had a seeing eye dog, right from the day he was born.
I miss them so...
Dogs rule, cats should be shot on sight! (J/K, I have a 16 year old cat purring on my lap as we speak.)
Dogs DO rule, though...
Dogs have their uses, but don’t tell my cats I said that.
May your furtwins RIP.
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