Meet Our own deaf
Dane Ambassador
PinBall
 Gender - Female
- Age/DOB - 1/05
- Height at the shoulder -
- Weight - 110 lb.
- Spayed/Neutered - Yes
- Taken in on - 3/31/07
- Available as of - Now
- Housebroken - Yes
- Obedience trained - Yes
- Good with other dogs - Yes
- with cats - Yes
- with kids - Yes
- with the elderly - Mostly
- Temperament
- PinBall is just amazing. She is so confidant and secure, so sure of
herself. We watch her play with the other dogs and it's hard sometimes
to even tell she is blind.She is a love and really wants to please. An
easy keeper for sure.
When
PinBall first got here she was in an Elizabethan collar. She had had
her left eye removed and was still in stitches so the collar was to
protect her while she healed. Fact is when she had her eye removed they
first glued the eye shut, but she managed to rip that open so she had
to go back in and get the eye sewn shut. Her first night here with us
we decided she needed a new name. PinBall is one of those fearless
blind dogs who moves ahead without reservation. The thing with these
dogs is that until they learn new surroundings, they do a lot of
bouncing off walls and stuff. It doesn't bother them, and generally it
doesn't bother us either. But with PinBall wearing this huge
Elizabethan collar, she was a lot wider than she was used to and the
first few days she spent bouncing off just about everything. And since
she was so fearless, she was doing it at speed. After a few hours that
first night my wife and I felt like we were in a pinball machine. Well
you see how she got her name. That Elizabethan collar was shredded by
the end of the 2nd day from having been run into door frames and
couches,and ...well you get the picture. We threw it away and just kept
a close eye on her after that.
The eye is all healed up now, and PinBall knows her way around the
place, so she is no longer bouncing off stuff the way she did those
first few days. But she is still self assured, secure, and inquisitive,
and she still moves out full steam most of the time. She really is
quite amazing. To watch her play you would be hard pressed sometimes to
tell she was blind. She is smart, well behaved, has learned to use her
nose and her ears to let her "see" the world, and she simply loves
life. She gets along with all the other dogs. She is one of the least
"handicapped" dogs you will ever meet, and one of the most joyous and
loving. She can be very talkative when she wants, but she doesn't bark a lot.
Dog rely more heavily on their sight than they do on their hearing, so
being blind is a bit harder on a dog than being deaf, in our
experience, but it is actually easier for the owner. That's because you
can be a normal "lazy" owner with a blind dog. You can call them in
from the yard without having to go outside to find them. You can call
them for dinner from the far end of the house and they come running.
You can scold them for getting on the furniture, without getting out of
your couch. Owning a blind dog is in many ways just like owning a
"normal" dog, and easier than owning a deaf dog. PinBall would be happy
to teach you all about owning and loving a blind Dane. if you are
interested, let us know. You'll be glad you did.
We will post additional photos of PinBall as time goes by, so check
back often.
And if you have any questions about PinBall or any of our dogs,
email us or call us at
541-782-2242
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"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion" - Unknown
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