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... is it worth contacting a vet behaviourist or someone who can test reflexes/abilities etc so you know for your peace of mind ? It would be lovely if a professional could do tests and say - yep everything appears working fine , apart from her eyes .. it just seems that a new home may have the same worries & uncertainties you do for some time to come , until she displays that she is learning to 'live' and enjoy .... or not. I hope I am not coming across as being unkind ...my heart aches for this morsel of fur ... dear little thing...

May I just suggest some further assessment ? ... a blind puppy who can find food and eat, who is exploring the environment with other senses ..who plays and learns , is one thing ... but someone who takes on this girl only so she isn't "put to sleep' ... perhaps it would be better if the know exactly what is happening ..and how much care will be needed ....

I was expecting something very beautiful, yes! Disappointed, I was .. :p

She was tattooed under GA for neccessary surgery --- it doesn't interfere with her functioning.... can't see how it's 'cruel' . Ear cropping/dewclaw removal, carting dogs around in backpacks ..?? ASPCA is fine with ..but a bit of ink ? No, no need for it - and I hope that other folks don't try & do similar without the GA . but

SLF it must be heartbreaking ..such an up & down journey for you ... the only consolation I have is that this poor mite, given her limited functioning doesn't really know what she's missing ..she just feels what she feels . Does she ever wag her tail ..or try & run to you when she hears/smells you? I guess my concern is that "the lights are on, but nobody's home" and that she may need a HUGE amount of work to get her to where she can have independence ..or ,it may never happen, due to the damage she sustained. (yes, I am a glass half empty person, sorry) be very kind to yourself - these babies , and their mum's recovery as a whole, are miracles, enabled by you :)

I have seen little blind puppies (under 6 weeks) - and they tended to barge around ..not sit & cry ... they used their noses and ears very well ..and it was hard to pick that they were blind They only ever fell when they tripped/crashed ... This is a worry .....

Sounds as if she may have copped a dose of neurotoxin poor little thing ....

We had a thunderstorm last night ..and instant water features - indoors. The two horrors helped me today - mopping the dregs . This is Don at one stage ,when told to STOP :) he is such a little beast ... insinuating himself into our affections :p

Thanks for an update :) Can she hear? Does she play /chew ,etc ?

you think so? Thanks! :D I wanted it to look a bit like something odd - some sort of landscapey thing ....

have you thought about contacting the club by phone or email or on their site ? Ask them;talk to them ..then you will be better informed and able to decide :)

...and then this happens . raindrops bouncing off the car bonnet ... ...taken with a 200mm old lens thru the windscreen , then played with in "sagelight".

Thinking of you :)

R I P gorgeous blue boy ............. So sorry *kirty* he was such a presence ..and so beautiful

That is indeed a wonderful view!! :)

Unfortunately, this is why, when people do not know how to use a CHECK chain , they become a CHOKE chain There is a technique in using a check chain ..and if you do not know how to use it , please get a trainer to show you correctly . if a dog huffs & puffs & pulls - a few things are happening - one being the dog learns to pull harder to get what it wants . Another is that the trachea/throat of the dog is being squashed . One more is that the dog is learning how to walk on a tight, tense lead ;) YOU need to be taught timing and technique . Correcting/praising /encouraging ..all these are best done a certain way and in a certain time frame . understanding your dog's body language is also a VERY important skill - knowing in advance what they are about to do, so you can react appropiately :)

yes- she does some nice work :)

ahhh.. OK try this one https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Bush-Farm-Photography/525228850888863

LINK here one pic. She does a good action shot!

That sound great!

I've seen somewhere on utoob, vid of these poor things marked as part human /alien .... blah blah.... They're just grossly fluid filled little bodies

Don wants to be a bird dog :p outside..Don stops /listens & runs over to a shadowy corner with logs , starts sniffing ... I tell him NO ..and bless me if he doesn't sit and look at me I eventually saw his prey - an injured sparrow , which was a much better alternative to what I feared! Pups are interesting critters.

Reading the post again ..seeing she had trouble walking ... provided her heart and lungs are fine - and the vet is good .. I would be getting her speyed asap. IF it is pyo - the exact antibiotic regime is needed to completely knock it ....and it is continually releasing infection into teh body ....

If the bitch does have a yucky discharge ..she may have a open cervix pyometra- low grade? This means AFAIK that the infection is there .. and perhaps because everything was 'open' due to her season ... the muck can drain away .... pyo is nasty. We have had a mature bitch desexed - but she wasn't 11 .... she was fine , but cleaning her vulva a lot .. I looked , saw the muck, and rang the vet . She was speyed immediately.

You are putting in so much - it's good you can see him growing :)