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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 679811" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Oh my this was one of the sweetest things I've ever read! I can just imagine the dog with the jingle bell sleeve being so proud. What a great bunch of people to do that for her! </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Oh my goodness YES! Those two are practically inseparable. We got them from the same litter at 8 weeks old. We crate trained them together (the slept thru the night on night #2 and never woke us again) and they were crated together until they got old enough that they'd get grumpy if one stepped on the other in the night. lol Their crates now are side by side, so they still sleep "together" with just the mesh separating them. He grooms her all the time. (Strangely, she seldom grooms him...she gets all the baths, usually in my lap. Yuck.) When one is gone for any period of time the other is so sad. Yesterday Jabber stayed home and put her in her crate so he could get some housework done without her under foot...he said that lasted about 45 minutes before she started howling. They were SO happy when we got home. I told Jabber that unless we lose them both on the same day, we'll be doing away with our "no dogs in bed" rule, because the "widow" will just be devastated. </p><p> </p><p>My worry now is that progressive retinal atrophy is genetic and they are littermates. But Suzie has had none of Mac's vision problems to date. They are very different dogs. He's tall and thin and she's short and stout. She's had ear infections from allergies he hasn't. She has a number of skin conditions he doesn't have. We haven't had her to the ophthalmologist, but her "primary" vet has told me she looked like she had the beginnings of a cataract in one eye and what looked like an old injury to the other, though Suzie's vision seems fine...I guess think 20/60 instead of 20/20. Not great, but far from blind and her eyes are clear and bright still, no cloudiness. So basically, we'll keep a close eye on her and if her vision starts to go from cataracts, we test then for PRA and if that's clear then her vision can be saved. </p><p> </p><p>For now, we'll be keeping the house picked up and well-lit. His vision in his good eye is bad in the twilight and dark. We always keep him leashed outside...we may have to consider finding our coupler and taking them for walks coupled together, rather than separately, so they get used to walking side by side; she tends to follow behind him. A friend of mine has said he kept e-collar "cone" on his blind dog all the time so he couldn't smack his face on stuff, but that seems kind of mean. He hates that collar so much! We do plan on moving in the next year or so. Hopefully we'll do that while he still has some vision. </p><p> </p><p>We'll get by. People adjust to blindness after all, and we don't hear and smell as good as dogs do. I'm sure he will adjust too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 679811, member: 17309"] Oh my this was one of the sweetest things I've ever read! I can just imagine the dog with the jingle bell sleeve being so proud. What a great bunch of people to do that for her! Oh my goodness YES! Those two are practically inseparable. We got them from the same litter at 8 weeks old. We crate trained them together (the slept thru the night on night #2 and never woke us again) and they were crated together until they got old enough that they'd get grumpy if one stepped on the other in the night. lol Their crates now are side by side, so they still sleep "together" with just the mesh separating them. He grooms her all the time. (Strangely, she seldom grooms him...she gets all the baths, usually in my lap. Yuck.) When one is gone for any period of time the other is so sad. Yesterday Jabber stayed home and put her in her crate so he could get some housework done without her under foot...he said that lasted about 45 minutes before she started howling. They were SO happy when we got home. I told Jabber that unless we lose them both on the same day, we'll be doing away with our "no dogs in bed" rule, because the "widow" will just be devastated. My worry now is that progressive retinal atrophy is genetic and they are littermates. But Suzie has had none of Mac's vision problems to date. They are very different dogs. He's tall and thin and she's short and stout. She's had ear infections from allergies he hasn't. She has a number of skin conditions he doesn't have. We haven't had her to the ophthalmologist, but her "primary" vet has told me she looked like she had the beginnings of a cataract in one eye and what looked like an old injury to the other, though Suzie's vision seems fine...I guess think 20/60 instead of 20/20. Not great, but far from blind and her eyes are clear and bright still, no cloudiness. So basically, we'll keep a close eye on her and if her vision starts to go from cataracts, we test then for PRA and if that's clear then her vision can be saved. For now, we'll be keeping the house picked up and well-lit. His vision in his good eye is bad in the twilight and dark. We always keep him leashed outside...we may have to consider finding our coupler and taking them for walks coupled together, rather than separately, so they get used to walking side by side; she tends to follow behind him. A friend of mine has said he kept e-collar "cone" on his blind dog all the time so he couldn't smack his face on stuff, but that seems kind of mean. He hates that collar so much! We do plan on moving in the next year or so. Hopefully we'll do that while he still has some vision. We'll get by. People adjust to blindness after all, and we don't hear and smell as good as dogs do. I'm sure he will adjust too. [/QUOTE]
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