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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Thu May 3, 2012, 08:06 PM May 2012

Blind pooch gets his own service dog!



A dog may be man’s best friend, but sometimes dogs need a best friend of their own. And if you’re one of those people who thinks pets can’t experience true love, wait until you hear this story.

It starts with a Golden Retriever named Tanner who has been blind since birth. Tanner was adopted and things were going pretty well for his first year -- until his owner died.

Tanner started having seizures every day and his anxiety levels went through the roof. A foster home was out of the question and a veterinarian says he even had trouble controlling Tanner in a hospital setting.

“There were multiple times we recommended euthanasia,” Dr. Mike Jones of Woodland West Animal Hospital tells HLN. “He’s a young dog, he’s not going to adjust to any kind of new environment -- it’s just not fair for this dog to live an anxiety-ridden life.”

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/05/02/blind-dog-gets-guide-dog-tanner-blair?hpt=hp_bn15




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Blind pooch gets his own service dog! (Original Post) IDemo May 2012 OP
what a wonderful story! TorchTheWitch May 2012 #1
K&R! Such a cool story! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #2
What video? (NT) Genghis_Sean May 2012 #3
ABC news actually showed this.... kooljerk666 May 2012 #4
Great story! Dogs need other dogs KurtNYC May 2012 #5

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
1. what a wonderful story!
Sat May 5, 2012, 12:49 AM
May 2012

I loved the video. I hope they get adopted by a special loving person soon. I think they will. There's probably a lot of people with the means to take good care of them that this story just melted their hearts.


Rhiannon12866

(202,970 posts)
2. K&R! Such a cool story!
Sat May 5, 2012, 04:13 AM
May 2012

And they seem like such good friends! Makes me ...

When my cocker spaniel got into his late teens, he became quite hard of hearing. But my younger cocker then became his hearing ear dog...

 

kooljerk666

(776 posts)
4. ABC news actually showed this....
Sun May 6, 2012, 10:28 AM
May 2012

It was on the news and so beautiful I cried my eyes out.

Seeing a dog being more compassionate and giving than any human I see in most of my life, really tore me up.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/okla-blind-dog-gets-new-life-with-canine-pal/feed/

I don't know if they have found a home but anyone interested or able to help (i have 2 dogs).....

http://www.webvet.com/main/2012/05/01/home-needed-blind-dog-and-his-guide-dog

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
5. Great story! Dogs need other dogs
Sun May 6, 2012, 07:40 PM
May 2012


Even sighted, healthy dogs, as pack animals, are most comfortable and healthy when they have regular contact with other dogs.
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