Top 5 things to know before your dog goes blind...

1. Be very wary when a blind dog goes on a hunger strike. This problem is probably caused by depression. But coming up with creative ways to entice the appetite will inevitably create a monster.

My monster varies between demanding much higher quality foods than pure kibble, he has a refined pallet now.....and neurosis. There must be at least 3 and no more than 5 pieces of kibbles scattered around the bowl. Failure to comply causes secondary hunger strike.

2. If your dog is currently sighted, decide now what you want your house to look like. If you like change, redecorate weekly. Hell, if you have time redecorate daily. Trust me, they don't consult you prior to going blind-and moving anything can be disastrous. This includes placing items on your lap. Blind dogs often take a leap of faith (the couch was there, it will be there again) and land on a laptop, or worse-spaghetti.

3. Three is the new number. Multiply everything by it. If it used to take 5 minutes to do the deed outside, it will now take 15. If your walk around the block used to take 15 minutes, plan for 45. If the walk from the bedroom to the basement used to take 3 minutes....well, it's sometimes better if you just don't time it.

4. Get a thick skin. Petsmart and the likes are your best friends. Take your dog frequently to work leash skills and socialization-two very important skills. Plus...it's fun to see the faces as you randomly announce commands such as "right, left, slowly, backup, army crawl" as you walk down the aisles.

Just because your dog has no eyes doesn't mean he/she is diseased. I know that. But the designer dog moms at Petsmart doesn't realize that, and will think your dog carries leprosy or worse....the swine flu. What comes out of their mouths will astonish you, so have a list of quick-witted comebacks. .... If you don't think of a comeback until after she leaves, write it down! It will come in handy later. If you never think of a comeback, well....pie in the face might work too.

5. Don't think that you must give all pets equal attention. Not only will your arms become extremely sore from overpetting and fetching with the "normal" dog-but once your blind dog is acclimated, your sighted one will still demand constant attention, as this is the new normal for him/her. This is known as the "Love Whore" syndrome. (See photo below) LWS can be the most difficult of all to work around, as having a 75 lbs dog under foot as you do mundane tasks such as shower, brush your teeth, or do sit-ups is an extreme obstacle.

Most important things to know about owning a blind dog....no one will appreciate you more than a dog who fully trusts you to make their life better. Nothing is more rewarding than knowing your dog trusts you to make his dark world safe and fill it with light. A kiss and cuddle from a blind dog on a bad day is quite possibly the most wonderful feeling. The first time your blind dog exhibits true independence again after losing his/her sight is quite possibly more rewarding than anything else you have ever done. A blind dog will not judge you for your faults, and appreciates you overlooking theirs....they weren't aware they had faults in the first place!

Buddy's mom-A

Happy Hooowwwwwllloween

Mom did haz so much funs dressing da big dawg up in kostume, she gotted lots of funny pikshure liyk dis one:

So mom did sended dis next pikshure for da kostume kontest, but Daisy did used blakmayl pikshure from my bloggy insted (haha, take dat big dawg!). So here is foto of da big dawg in his kostume. Him wuz not impressed wif mom at all. But him is pashunt wif da hyoman, and is a sukker for food stuffs. Gigi sed she mite turned mom in to da propur awthoriteez for abewsing da big dawg, cuz him is much too digunifiyd to wer such silly stuffs. But Gigi did putted her dawgs in owtfits all da tiym, not jus for speshul okazun, so she shud not maked fun! I sed only call awthoriteez if dat meens I cud be only dawg and gits all da cookies, uder wize, is not worth it on akownt of big dawg. Him is just for amuzyment aneehows. So, dis is mom's fayvoryt....

Dis wuz so much amyoozing to little dawg dat I wuz ::butt wiggle:: liyk krazy. Tayk dat big dawg who did steeled all my nommies ::pfffftttt:: Den de unthinkubul did happuned. Mom torchered me too! How dayr she? I is disably dawg wif speshul priveluges, I shud not has to suffer wif dis indiginutee!!! Here is pikshure of wut da roode mom did at her torchur seshun.

As you cud playnlee see I is NOT impressy wif dis new devulpment. Gigi, you cud now call dem awthoriteez pleeze? Saved me from dis roode and unnecessary hoomilyashuns kay? I wud go to windo and lissen for da siruns now dat wud come to teech mom lessun abowt be da bad hyoman to da little dawg.

Kisses & Snuggles-Buddy Dawg

There is a new monster

So da snowed stuffs just keeped comin down. We gotted so much snows dat mom had to shovel me spot to be gud dawg and go owtsiyd to potty cuz it wuz hi as da big dawg's showldurs. I haz deciyd dat dis is not vunillah ise kreem wut Dennis da veezulah dawg tinks it iz. Iz akshully da sniffy monster. Da sniffy monster is very cold, haz wepun wut is snows, and do not be niyc to little blindy dawg. If you duz not beleev dat dis wepun is terribul den you must see dis:

Now dat I haz no more eyes I uses my sniffer lots to getted me wer I wants to be at. Owtsiyd is most important. I haz very strikt rowt dat i walks to go do da bizuness. Owt da door 5 paces, sharp rite den 8 paces, mark ovur wer big dawg pee at. Den go left little bit and do big job. Den sniff any stuffs dat is gud and leev some pee mayl for bad kitty wut do teez da big dawg (we iz in kahoots to mayk big dawg krazee, is working mebbe). Wen dis is done I use sniffer and finds mom agin to go back to da howse.

Well, now dat da sniffy monster iz visit he did hiyd all my smell dat I use to find mom. So I gets lost and end up in so meny weerd playses. Dis is not okay for little dawg cuz snows iz very cold and iz maked me mizerabul. Sometiym iz so deep dat my hed is hided under da snows. I is gotta find some way to git dis sniffy monster owt of my yard, cuz him iz no funs at all. Dat is all for today cuz dis dawg do needs to warmed up wif cuddles from da mom and Gman.

Kisses & Snuggles-Buddy Dawg

Wordless Wednesday-What happened to fall?

OH NO! Wut is dis stuffs???

Much bettur, tanks!!

I am so humiliated.

Now where's the frickin' cookie?

She's on to me...

Dis is gud gud day for da Buddy dawg. I haz not eated so gud sins da surjery, part of my depressys is dat it maked me haz no aputiyt. Mom wish dat she cud take dis simptum for her to haz cuz sownds liyk gud diyet for hyoman. Iz not gud diyet for little dawg tho. I haz aputiyt for hyoman nommies, and cud eated dis all da tiym. Dis trik did worked for long tiym, and mom feeled so bad for me not eating so much dat she wud gived me speshul hyoman nommies so I did stay strong boy. But she finully did figyur out dat I was triking her. Reely tho, if you cud eated kibbuls all da days-or eated da buffay liyk Tucker dawg do-you wud want buffay too! I waz jus sneeky in getted it from mom.

She telled me a few days ago dat I had choyses-I cud be hungery or I cud eated kibbles. No more hyoman nommies and treeted liyk baeybe dawg. For wiyl I did not beleeved her and wud not eated da kibbles. Still no hyoman nommies. I telled mom dat she wuz torchering me, to pllleeeeeeeze give da hyoman nommies. Nufin-she is one tuff kookee! Next day I did pafetic fays and sed to mom "oooh poor lil dawg, he haz no foodstuffs in his belleee. Him haz no eyes so dat meens speshul treets. Look at him be so pityfull." All she wud do is putted me in front of my kibbles and maked dem jinggly so I knowed wut was der. So, I gived up and eated dem kibbles. I do not haz so strong of da will liyk mom haz. Dis must be why she is da mom and I is da little dawg.

I haz been eated da kibbles for one tiym a day, but dis day waz furst tiym I did eated dem two tiym. Dey is not so gud as da chiyneez food dat mom eated, but dey was ok. Now I is lownging on mom's lap cuz she smell liyk da chiyneez foods. If I can't eats it I must sniffed it for long tiym. :::sniff. sniff. sniffsniff....sniffsniffsniffsniff. Sneeze! sniff. sniff:::

Kisses & Snuggles-Buddy Dawg

Circus Dog

Sorry iz been such long tiym since I did posted. Mom did getted so buzy dat I cud not borrowed her 'puter. I is bak now. I haz finded out dat mom tinks mebbe I is lemin dawg too, liyk Gman sed. I telled her to reeded my blog to see wut I tinks bout dem lemins but she sed dis is wut it is-deel wif it.

See, why she is changed her mind bout da lemin dawg is cuz wen she wuz petted me not dat long ago she finded one lumpy under my furs. Is soft lumpy and do not hurts me. She is gonna watched dis lumpy to see if mebbe is stress from da depressy stuff, and den she telled me I mite haz to go to V.E.T. to get it looked at. Mom sed I haz two choyses, I cud haz nufin and iz go away soon, or I cud haz fatty tumor dat do not meens kansur-meens I is old. She sed I cud not haz kansur, so git dat out my hed rite now. I agrees wif her. Is not kansur. 'Sides, if I cud chooze to go to V.E.T. or not to go - obveusly eny self respekted dawg chooze no tanks rite? 'Cept mebbe big dawg, him is not so smart and wud go cuz he wud chooze enyting dat is new and haz car riyd.

On gud note, I haz aksidentully lerned new trik. I does dis trik only for da nommies dat Daisy dawg did sended us, dem is majik nommies dat maked me a woooonnnndddeeerr-dawg!! Mom sed I haz to lern new wurd for dis trik - cuz I do it rite now wen she sed "Forward Buddy" too much wifout nommies. Dis is not at all wut she wants me to do, cuz if I be sirkus dawg wen she sed forward is deefeets purpose of lerned da english. I sed wutever mom, you laffs at me and gives me nommies. Mishun akomplished.

Heer is da vidyo of sirkus dawg trik. Is not gud vidyo, sorry! Mom sed to telled you dat big dawg gotted treet too for he did da sit so gud and stopped da run for da nommies, she just din't put on vidyo.

Kisses & Snuggles-Buddy Dawg