Update
“It really is like he knew it makes him special. He is really quite proud of it as you can see from the photos.”
… Johanna
Backstory
I love blind dogs. I learned about them when my 7 yr old Dalmatian developed glaucoma and required having her eyes removed for her comfort. She had lost her vision and the pressures were outrageous. I have glaucoma and at that time there were no vets in the area that could treat her so she saw my own eye doctor…..that was a long time ago… since then I started fostering puppies from the south for a local rescue. I had more than 175 come through in less than 2 years. I loved it. I have loved Dalmatians since 1961. I rescued 3 special needs Dalmatian puppies on my own. I developed a reputation for being really good with puppies and special needs puppies were my love, so I was asked one day if I would like to foster a blind pit bull puppy who was in the pit bull protection program. She was suppose to be euthanized with her blind sister and were secreted out of the state of NC. One look at her, and I knew she was never going to go anywhere, love at first sight. I continued to have the foster puppies in, but I know had 4 large special needs dogs of my own. I was contacted by a person who does rescue in Texas about a 6 week old blind puppy called Puke. Puke’s mother had been thrown over a fence into a nice person’s yard. She gave birth to 3 or 4 puppies. Only one lived, Puke. He was bottle fed and hand raised obviously with love, and when the time came for his eyes to open, it was obvious something was not right. It was clear to them shortly that they would not be able give him what he needed, so they looked for rescue. A friend of a friend of a friend got her to me and my little sanctuary on the coast of Maine. I offer the blind dogs the chance to just be dogs. We have lots of trails through the woods and over dirt roads. That appealed to the people raising Puke, so it was arranged that he should come here. I don’t like calling my dogs names like Puke, would not want a self fulfilling prophecy you know. I have page on Facebook that helps support the sanctuary, and we trotted out a bunch of names and settled on Seeley. I arranged transport, and Seeley came to Maine. He is now a year and a half. In the summer, we all hitch up to leashes and use the paved road. Just to many people. But as soon as school starts again all the tourist leave and we own the whole of Nabby Cove and pleasant beach. We have permission from all the land owners to walk through and check their cottages. Seeley is a very good boy. He minds so well he is allowed off leash. He runs through the woods with my deaf dog Jefferey. Jefferey wears a bell so I can hear him should he ever decide to take off, he is 5 and watches me like he is afraid I might take off. Seeley listens to the bell and runs right off Jefferey’s shoulder. Sometimes Jeff runs him into snow banks or trees so we thought the halo might be a good thing for him. He is named for the character special agent Seeley J. Booth on Bones…. he can sniff out any clue… anyway… since you don’t have a FBI agent suit he would like the quarterback model.
