Sugar the blind dog
Sugar
came to us from the Hayward, California animal control shelter.
A volunteer there had already contacted us about a deaf dog
(see Scooter) and was making
arrangements to get that dog to us...when this old, blind
Springer Spaniel arrived.
The volunteer e-mailed to say “the shelter staff wanted to put her to sleep because they felt so sorry for her sitting in the cage all lost and being blind.“
We didn't have to think long about this one. We had just adopted out a wonderful, sweet blind Springer Spaniel named Cookie. It seemed only right that another blind Springer would take her place. So we agreed to take Sugar, making it a two-for-one deal.
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Two volunteers from the Hayward shelter drove Sugar and the deaf dog Scooter up to Spokane, where one of our volunteers met them and brought the dogs back to the ranch.
Although Sugar has mastered the art of looking sad – we think she realizes it makes people coo over her – there's nothing sad about this girl. She is cheerful and plump and wiggles with delight when she gets petted. She now spends her days in our living room on a dog cot, sunning herself by the windows.
Her hearing isn't good, but when she does hear voices, she cocks her head and then starts wiggling – just in anticipation that someone is going to come over and pay attention to her.
And when she hears food being dished out, she stands up on her cot and wiggles excitedly. (Our other blind Springer, Cookie, did the exact same wiggling thing. What is it about Springers and wiggling?)
All in all, Sugar seems very happy at her new ‘retirement home.'
