Update
Dear Silvie and the wonderful Angel Gaetan that donated Benji’s Halo! THANK YOU so much for your generous donation of a Halo for our Benji. We’ve just moved into a new home and the Halo has been great in helping Benji find his way around and navigate his new environment. Please find a couple of pictures attached of Benji in his new home. With much thanks and best wishes, Sue, Kate and Benji
Backstory
Benji is a 9 y.o. Maltese-ShihTzu he was surrendered by his original family at 6 months old. They had brought him home to their older dog who didn’t appreciate his persistent enthusiasm and vivacious nature so swiped his eye out. Although Benji doesn’t like other dogs, he was put with another 6 month old pup (Oscar) in the animal shelter and they got along so famously that the shelter would only adopt them out together. We were only looking for one dog but after meeting the two of them, there was no doubt in our minds. We brought home double the love we were looking for.
Although the two were very happy together, Benji never liked other dogs and became vicious towards them. Roughly 6 years after bringing them home, my sister came home to the happiest dogs trotting up to her with his eye popped out. We’re not sure what exactly happened but we believe he was trying to get under the fence to next doors dog and popped his eye out. He was rushed to the vet but after surgeries and lots of hoping, he never regained his eyesight and it was best to remove the eye.
Throughout all of the vet visits and pain he must have been in, his tail never stopped wagging (for humans). Benji has adapted extraordinarily with the help of his buddy Oscar and the bells on his collar. Now however, we are moving house and are very concerned about the effect this will have on Benji and his poor little head as he navigates and becomes used to new setups.
Benji is extremely active! Although he is getting older, he’s still just a puppy at heart and loves playing with Oscar and rolling around on the bed. He still loves going for walks, even if he relies heavily on his humans ensuring he doesn’t crash.
Sue Richter, VIC