you can schedule his potty breaks-he was housebroken but because he
cant see, he cant find the door anymore. You have to watch him like a
puppy on that, if he sniffs around, you can ask him if he wants to
potty. If he sits down, no, if he acts alert, yes....
Doesnt like to be left alone outside-will bark "let me in". Loves car
rides. Perfectly happy being a tv couch potato too. Doesnt mind cats.
Blind, so cant fetch. Not a licker. Pretty submissive unless he goes
into food smell overload (hungry and can smell it coming), then he
will only respond to a firm correction. If she can take him, I can get
his shots caught up. He had a blood panel test and he tested fine on
everything.
Let me give you a little background on him-we've had him since he was
4 yrs old. When Ruben and I separated, then divorced, I wasnt at my
house a lot and the kids took over caring for him (they did half of
the time normally anyway). Well once he went blind, they didnt know
how to deal with it. I had his pupils tested and they do react to
light, so according to the vet he isnt 100% blind but he constantly
knocks into things. He had some digestion problems so I had him tested
for diabetes, thinking it may have caused his blindness and chronic
diarrhea. He tested negative and most likely believe that it is
detached retinas-I dont want to believe that he received a blow that
caused it but the young males in the house, my son in law and my other
daughter's BF teased and were not always nice to him, following my
ex's lead-he constantly teased him. I guess I'll never know how it
happened, as no one's fessing up to anything.
Anyway, it got to the point when I came back for a visit, they had him
tied to a table with pee pads and just cleaned up his messes. They
said he needed to be put down. When I realized the conditions he was
being forced to endure, I wanted to give him a better quality of life.
We got rid of the pee pads and retrained him to go outside. I also
changed his diet to boiled chicken and rice until his digestion was
corrected. I still feed him that but supplement it with organic kibble
and a vet prescribed vitamin. The vet also gave me a round of
antibiotics that seem to perk him up and bring his spunky attitude
back to that of a terrier-he was 'out of it' when we first got him. He
also was overweight-the diet I had him on fixed that and he's in
fairly good health, other than his sight.
I really dont want to put an older dog in the shelter, as Im sure you
know what his fate most likely will be, but Im running out of options
If you can help Ruben, please contact:
