Just because Daisy is 10 & blind SHOULD NOT mean she is unadoptable and she won’t have her own home……  She is a WONDERFUL girl.

*written by current foster in Dayton that has 2 other blind dogs**

 Daisy is doing great. We have yet to hear her bark. Our other dogs bark when it’s time to go out or play ball, but Daisy doesn’t. We’ve taught her to play ball (a ball with a bell in it). We throw it about 10-15 ft away. Miss Daisy hears it and then smells it. Once she finds it, she brings it back to him. We also walk her down the blacktop lane (1/3 mile) in the morning with the other dogs to get the paper. She sits and stays about 50 ft from the main road.

Beautiful Miss Daisy is 10 years old. Her ‘parents/owners’ were elderly and found their 2 dogs were just ‘more than they could care for &/or afford’. Their other dog found a home first, so they gave that family the pen that Daisy & her sibling had lived in all of their lives. They were taking Daisy in to the animal shelter on 2/16 to put her down, after all, who wanted a ten year old blind dog?? She is a very trusting 90lb yellow lab. She is great with kids, dogs and older people. She is looking for a loving forever home where she can be spoiled and treated like a princess.

Daisy is doing great. We have yet to hear her bark. Our other dogs bark when it’s time to go out or play ball, but Daisy doesn’t. We’ve taught her to play ball (a ball with a bell in it). We throw it about 10-15 ft away. Miss Daisy hears it and then smells it. Once she finds it, she brings it back. We also walk her down the blacktop lane (1/3 mile) in the morning with the other dogs to get the paper. She sits and stays about 50 ft from the main road.

Daisy has not had any accidents in the house. If she wants to be pet she puts her head in our lap. At night, while we’re watching tv, she’ll be with us and the other dogs. When we go to bed, one of our dogs comes up the stairs, but she sleeps down stairs with our other dog. She has figured out the dog door quickly and her way around. I don’t think she’d be any problem for anyone wanting a special needs dog.

We think Miss Daisy would be therapeutic in two ways– for herself and for her owner.

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