Living with a dog losing it’s sight

I am frequently asked “What is it like living with a blind dog”? my reply is, it is an

experience that I would not have missed as it has taught me so much more about the

dog. When Bumble was three years old I began to notice that she had difficulty in judging

distances, more especially at twilight, she would go to retrieve an object and miss it.

Later she was diagnosed as having GPRA and I was given the bad news that she would be

completely blind in a short space of time.

I was recommended to have another dog to run with her, to alleviate the stress of her increasing blindness. Although at the time I could ill afford another dog, let alone the extra work I was lucky enough to acquire a 14 week old chocolate puppy whose pedigree showed that she came from very calm parents I was very careful how Becky was introduced into the house. We met on neutral territory and gradually Bumble took to Becky and I knew that there was a good chance that all would settle down well.

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