DISABILITIES – DOGS – WONDERFUL LIVES!

I was sitting in our wonderful VET’S waiting area the other week! Just to give them a shout out, they are NATTERJACKS! The one I visit is located in Bournemouth and I have always been greeted with a smile, spoken to very kindly and treated by the very best Vet’s! Our own Doggy JET is one of their clients and he told me that he trusts them with the whole of his little heart!

Anyway, to the reason I am writing this story! The VET’S waiting room is lovely and for some reason brings out the very best in all their visitors! The conversations I have had there beats most conversations had in any pub or get together!

This time I was sitting next to a lady with a doggy of an unknown breed, of which I really don’t care! All I know is that this doggy was super gorgeous and the lady (whom I also didn’t get to know her name!) was equally lovely!

She explained to me that this was her Mum’s Dog. She had recently lost her Mum, didn’t have a Dad and this Doggy meant the absolutely World to her! Having lost one eye already, the dog was at the VET’S to access how his other eye was doing! I am not even sure she told me what the medical issue was with her doggy eyes but this didn’t matter either!

She said she was going to be devastated if his remaining eye had to be taken! She said she was willing to give him all the time he needed to support him blind if needed but didn’t know if this would be the kind option!

I am no VET that’s for sure (my niece, I may proudly add is however! – but this has nothing to do with this story – just a proud Auntie moment! – Lol ! )

Over the past three years I have had so many conversations and photos sent to me each and every day of wonderful doggy’s! They obviously come in all shapes and sizes, temperaments, characters – but the one thing which seems to be the common denominator is their resilience for living with disabilities! I am always stunned at the stories sent to me of dogs who have all kinds of disabilities and are still showing an amazing zest for life! They are a true inspiration!

So, from my own experience, I explained to this lady I had become very fond of in the VETS some of the stories I had been told and the amazing resilience I had heard over and over again about these beautiful animals living with their disabilities!

Yes, it does take a lot of love and patience from their human’s and yes they often do require extra VET visits and medications and equipment! But have I witnessed it all to be worth it? Yes over and over and over again!

She smiled, gave me a hug and we both knew that this was a very important conversation we had had!

We thank everyone for the wonderful photos and stories we have received over the years! We are going to show you just a few of our doggy friends who contacted us the other evening with regards to this post!

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL BOY GIZZY WOO WOO! WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF OUR FRIEND, WE HAVE NICKNAMED HIM G.W.W. G.W.W. IS 14 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN BLIND FOR EIGHT OF THOSE YEARS! – HE ENJOYS LIFE TO THE FULL! WE HAVE SEEN PHOTOS OF HIM ON BOATS, ON HOLIDAY, OUT AND ABOUT WITH HIS BROTHER! HE STILL SITS ON THE WINDOW SILL LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AS NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH EVEN THOUGH HE OBVIOUSLY CANNOT SEE WHAT IS GOING ON! WE LOVE YOU G.W.W. – THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION!

MEET THE FABULOUS MINNIE! HER HUMAN LONA TOLD US ‘Minnie, 8yr old Patterdale x Bedlington. She is completely deaf, but it doesn’t stop her doing anything. She’s very loyal and I know she will never run off, so she enjoys walks/hikes with me and her doggie friends. If I need to retrieve her, I stop walking, she senses we aren’t behind and she looks towards me. Hand signal to her to come back and she does – MINNIE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE OF LIFE AND WONDERFUL INSPIRATION!

GORGEOUSLY HANDSOME BOY BILLY! His human Lesley told us ‘Billy. Just had his left eye removed….but lost the sight in it a few weeks back. Healing nicely and getting used to his new way of life. Clever lad. Mummys Pirate ‘ – SO PROUD OF YOU BILLY, YOU ARE INSPIRING ALL THE OTHER DOGGY’S AND WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!

MEET CUTIE PIE, CURLY AND GORGEOUS GUS! His human Mychelle told HAPPY DOGGY NEWS ‘ Gus my one eye boy . His other eye is now struggling to work ,but he is loving life!’ – GUS KEEP UP YOUR FABULOUS POSITIVE DOGGY ATTITUDE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION!

DAVE IS A DOGGY WHO EARNT HIS ANGEL WINGS AND IS NOW HAVING WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE! His Mum Val says ‘Dave was blind for most of his life long life .. It didn’t stop him from enjoying every day !’ – DAVE IS STILL INSPIRING ALL THE DOGGY’S OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE!

OUR FRIEND MINDY WHO WE HAVE WATCHED LIVE HER FABULOUS LIFE WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS SENT TO US BY HER HUMAN MUM BLANCA! Blanca told us ‘My beautiful Mindy, at her almost 12 years old, already finds it very difficult to walk or stand a lot, but she is still as cute and loving as ever, although she leaves less than her room and spends the most time on her bed or sunbathing On the lawn of the house, and looked after by her brothers Matias, Junior and Tyson, she knows that mom (me la ) will always be there to take care of her and help her ‘ – MINDY YOU ARE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL INSPIRATION DARLING!

BENNY IS JUST A DELIGHT, LOVE YOU BENNY! His Mum Becky told us ‘Benny he’s about 8 years old he has dwarfism, brain damage and is partially blind but he still loves to play with his teddy’s and chase his younger sister around!’ – WE LOVE YOUR ZEST FOR LIFE HANDSOME BOY AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING HOW LIFE CAN TRULY BE EMBRACED!

OH MY GOODNESS, SIMPLY A BUNDLE OF CUTENESS! WE HAVEN’T BEEN GIVEN THE NAME OF THIS BEAUTIFUL DOGGY BUT HIS HUMAN TOLD US … ‘Always smiling even after losing his eye x’ – HAPPY, GORGEOUS AND A TRUE INSPIRATION!

WONDERFUL BAXTER GETTING USE TO HIS NEW WHEELS! His Dad Paul told us ‘Our little Baxter has Arthritis in the spine so cannot walk without being aided by us holding his back legs up or now getting used to using his new wheels
Baxter also has syringomyelia where the brain is to big for the skull
Baxter also has an enlarged heart twice the size it should be
Also he has allergies to cereal, fish grass, carrots, game to mention just a few allergies he has! – SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU ON YOUR FABULOUS WHEELS BAXTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRATION TO OTHER DOGGY’S!

YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS! THIS IS BAXTER’S (ABOVE) BROTHER BENTLEY! Paul told us ‘this is Baxter with his brother Bentley who has cataracts in both eyes and relies on his brother Baxter to see things for him! – WOW YOU GUY ARE AMAZING!

PROUDLY INTRODUCING BO! OH BO YOU ARE JUST SCRUMMY! Human Mum Pam told HAPPY DOGGY NEWS ‘Our girl Bo has severe Dysplasia’! – LOVING LIFE AND BEING A FABULOUS AMBASSADOR FOR DOGGY’S WITH DISABILITIES!

THE WONDERFUL PUGSLEY! PUGSLEY’S MUM TOLD US ‘My Pugsley had an operation for a disc adhered to his spinal canal 17 months ago. He now drags his legs & he has nerve damage making him double incontinent.
The wheels have given him his life back. He loves he can join walks with other dogs & he has the independence to go off on his own at the park rather than me holding him up with a scarf under him.! – LOOKING FABULOUS PUGSLEY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOU POSITIVE ZEST OF LIFE!

MEET GORGEOUS DOUGIE – WE ARE HOPING TO FOLLOW HIS STORY AND WILL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE BEGIN HIS JOURNEY WITH HIM! DOUGIE’S Human told us ‘My boy Dougie needs a hip replacement at the NOEL FITZPATRICK unit although you’d never believe it the way he chases the squirrels!’ – KEEP UP THE SQUIRREL CHASING DOUGIE AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON!

THANK YOU SALLY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF YOUR GORGEOUS ONE EYED DOGGY LOLLY! ENJOYING LIFE AS MUCH AS ANY DOGGY CAN! THANK YOU LOLLY FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION, YOU ARE TRULY FABULOUS SWEETIE!

OH REBECCA WE LOVE THIS! REBECCA SAYS ‘My jaw is wonky but I’m still cute!’ – SOOOOOOOO CUTE! BEAUTIFUL DOGGY, BEAUTIFUL SOUL, LOVE FOR LIFE!

INTRODUCING SPECIAL AND BEAUTIFUL LOLA! Angela, her Mum says ‘ Rescue Pug Lola loves her walks, the longer, the better. She had to lose an eye due a squamous cell cancer and sees no more than shadows out of the remaining eye.! – YOU GO LOLA, KEEP EMBRACING EVERY DAY DARLING!

AND THERE WE HAVE IT!

NO FURTHER WORDS NEEDED!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE DOGGY’S WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY – TEACHING US HOW TO TRULY EMBRACE LIFE!

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ALISON AND JET (ADMIN CHIHUAHUA!)