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• Mousewrites commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  Jason, Great article (sweet dog). I have to comment especially, though, on your writing style. It is most refreshing, and I'm going to look into your book, and look you up special on the Onion. :D...
• tinlizzy commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  thnx for sharing - aren't dogs just f'ing rad? :) I have a 12 yr old blind and deaf (from birth) Australian shepherd (she's white - and no pigment in eyes or ears for aussies = some degree of blind/deaf). Over the years it's been absolutely cool to watch her cope/deal/manage so impressively with her environment on smell/feel alone. And it's not s/thing she had to adapt to like sighted-dogs who lost their vision - she's never known anything different. give your Virginia a pat on the head for me :)....
• Beverly Stayart commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  Virgina is a remarkable dog. You are lucky to have such a brilliant and resourceful dog -- truly amazing....
• D. Jimenez commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  This article brought back memories of the emotions I had when our dog slowly drifted into blindness. I, too, had the same feelings: "they don't understand, it's my dog and she's going blind. How can she adjust to that?" But over time, with a little bit of research on the internet, I was comforted by stories - many of them similar to Jason's well-written experience - who helped me believe that this condition was not the end of the world, for me or for Senka. By the way, the articles on this website http://www.blinddoginfo.com were some of the first pages...
• CathElaine commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  My dog Joyful was picked up by Animal Control after she had been seen running along railroad tracks for a couple of days. She was a lab/pitbull mix (probably), about nine months old. Her head was horribly injured, her skull fractured, both eyes destroyed. The vet said it appeared that one of her eyes had been out of the socket and somehow had gotten back. I keep asking her what happened, but she won't say. I wonder how she survived, and how frightened and in pain she must have been. She was due to be euthanized as unadoptable but the...