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Lola is a service dog as well. Clearly blind but her health otherwise is great. she is 8yrs old active as eyes allow her.

First time pet owner btw. I have gotten: Doggles for UV sun etc, a Muffin Halo soon (bumper really). clear paths and all that, I use to let the water dish set out but now I give her a small bowl of water whenever she gets dog food. Went from "daytime" lightbulb to yellow lightbulbs. Her mood/temper are the same sweety pie as ever.

I tell ya at first I was in despair but then saw how with a little adjusting and equipment losing her sight is happily manageable. She is familiar with the back yard and can go in/out the ramp/doggy door with ease. It means to go walking leashed and inside big places and outside with a Halo.

She knows the command UP that kinda works for steps and stairs. THANKFULLY LolaJoy is around 9-12lbs and quiet easily packed around in the "shoulder carrier".

I think everything is gonna be ok. I could use some support I'm goin the right direction. "Nobody told me there'd be days like these....." John Lennon

Hi all. My Rocky is going to be 14 this fall. This past January he lost his eye, he had an ulcer we were treating it and on the revisit to check it the ulcer popped in the waiting room. His eye was removed and he seemed to be doing much better with out it. 2 weeks ago we noticed that his other eye wasn’t doing it thing properly we went to the specialist and he has an inoperable cataract in his one eye , his vision went very fast and now he is pretty much completely blind about a week now. Me and my wife are heart broken we don’t have kids. Rocky is everything to us . We haven’t left him alone yet we have helped by closing off doors to rooms he doesn’t really go into we put carpet runners around the walls of the rooms he goes into on good days he can get out of his bed get his water go to the door to tell us he wants to go out and he will play a little he looks lost by not scared. On most days he will sit in a spot facing the wall or go into the yard and just sit shaking. I’m asking for any tips to help him get his confidence back yes he will be 14 but he’s 30lb of muscle and he has a slight collapsed trech but all other functions are in great shape we tried a halo collar but we weren’t sure if we were putting in on correct we love him very much and don’t want to see him spend the rest of his life laying in a bed scared . He is the most energetic playful funny little boy.

We have a deaf 8/10ish year old Blue Heeler that we suspect was born deaf, her name is Blanche. We adopted her 3 years ago and she has been doing great, such a happy girl. She has had a great quality of life and we did lots of research into how to care for a deaf dog and it's going great. We just took her to an eye specialist because we thought she was getting cataracts. Turns out she has progressive retinal atrophy and will be blind in a year or two. I'm looking for some insight and advice in how to ease her into this next chapter and keep her comfortable and happy. Currently she has trouble seeing in the dark and we take her outside at night with a flashlight which seems to ease some of her discomfort/fear in the dark outside. Any advice would be great, thank you.

Inspired by a recent post. TL;DR suggestions for a harness to help my girl up big stairs

I’ve got a 15 year old 75 lb Dutch shepherd and I need to move into an apartment with a pretty hefty staircase. It’s got the see through slats and is outdoors.

While I could attach a runner to the stairs with traction, it’s still quite an incline. I want to get a harness that will allow me to lift up her back legs or support them comfortably to get her upstairs.

She doesn’t like a lot of pressure on the center of her stomach, so something that focuses on the back legs would be amazing.

Picture of my baby for dog tax.