Calvin

Calvin

Calvin was a pretty sorry sight when I met him and his brother at the shelter over 2 weeks ago.

He was very badly matted, quite thin and of course I had been told he was blind. I was a bit apprehensive as I’d never looked after a blind dog before, but I needn’t have worried as it only took Calvin approximately 10 minutes to familiarise himself with the layout of my house. Once I led him down the steps and into the garden, led him to where the water is and brought him back in….and basically that was it….he quite happily goes in and out of the house as it suits him, of course it didn’t take him long to work out how to get onto the couch or as the photo shows find his favourite chair.

He has an amazing personality, everyone who meets him is blown away by him….his disability doesn’t hold him back in any way and he just loves everyone he meets. He’s excellent on his walks, which he adores, never strays far from me and I just have to call him and he bounds over like the big overgrown puppy he is.

He’s really found his feet and I knew he was finally settled in when he figured out that my dog Maggie was only trying to play when she offered him her toy to play tug-of-war. He now loves to play with her.

He loves his food and is putting on weight, he’s clean in the house apart from the odd scent marking, and once he gets his dentastick at night you don’t hear a peep out of him til morning. He is a very easy dog to look after, he has loads of love to give and would quite happily sit on your lap for the day.

Calvin