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Pam,
This is a great web site! THANK YOU!
Someone else talked about putting treats on steps and it worked for them as
well. I also found two books which I have now ordered through
Amazon.
Jascha is doing quite well again now that he has
readjusted to being home. The trip to the groomer and the vet just
disoriented him - and me.
I had moved a dog bed that he wasn't using very
often a few weeks ago. I needed to clean his ears and it was a good place
to pin him down (ear cleaning is not a favorite activity). He has been
using the bed a lot now and I realized he simply did not know where it was until
I showed him. I need to remember to work with him to make this
easier. He looks at me when I speak so I still think he sees me but
after watching the vet shine the lights at his eyes with no response I know
he doesn't.
Amy
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Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 11:38
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Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Limited Sight
Advice
Hi Amy,
Look up www.eyevet.org There is a section
at this sight about helping blind dogs adapt better to their environment...and
also discusses different eye diseases in dogs. Good luck to
you! I have a female pyr who is deaf except for very low
pitches. We use hand signals with her....of course she has to be looking
at you or you have trouble getting her attention! I think that
this website will be helpful to you.
PAM
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Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:11
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Subject: [pyrnet] Limited Sight
Advice
Hi All,
Jascha is nearly blind as well as somewhat
deaf. We knew about his ears but didn't realize his eyes
were as bad as they are until this week. He went to the usual
groomer who he knows well (and who adores him) for a bath and trim but
kept walking into the walls. I took him tho the vet because this was
so extreme and so sudden. We all decided that he has cataracts
and some retina damage, but had managed to get around pretty well by memory
until we got him disoriented by going to a different place. He
has been unable to get into my car unassisted for over a year but I had
thought that was simply arthritis (of which he has a lot in this back
and hips). Now it seems that he couldn't see to jump in so he would
let me pick up the front half, then the back half and guide him in. We
reconstructed the back steps this week end to make a more gradual incline
for his hips and he could not walk down the steps until the combination of
cheese on each step and a bladder about to burst gave him the necessary
gumption. I am sure I would not step off a secure deck without a
very good reason either! It was quite a sight to see him following his
nose to the cheese and discovering the location of each step as he
went. By now he has made the trip several times and it seems like he
knows it. The vet says many dogs get along just fine when blind as
long as no one moves the furniture. Does any one have any other
suggestions to make this as easy on the dog as possible?
Amy
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