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This is a true story.Dogs can't talk but that's why humans are here. They need us and we need them. They provide comfort we need, sometimes we need comfort from someone who can't give their opion or commet. They need us for a voice. 7 years ago I got a silent friend and gave a voice. I recall walking into the cramped space puppys yapping very where packed tight into cages. We were lead into a pen to meet the two dogs avaible. One was clean and friendly and my parents and brother began playing with that dog. I on the other hand was wacthing a sales person bring out a shivering little black dog wrapped into a towel. I got to hold him a smile on my face. I also rember my mom trying to convice me to get the other dog. I wouldn't listen as I held to the shivering puppy. We ended up getting him and I made lists of names finally settling on Shadow. Now he's one of the best things in my life and now he's getting older. This is his story of what he's going through and what I am. Please read this and do me a favor and hug your dog a little bit harder.
September 17 Wednesday.
Moms been thinking somethings wrong with Shadow. He's jittery about things more but I think he's fine. He has a checkup tommorow at the vet so if she's worried that ought to put her to rest. I frequently am reminded of the date that looms ahead. His eight birthday. I can't bear his birthdays they just seems like bombs ticking. One less year of having the best dog in the world in my life gone. He's so special to me and I seriosuly think of him as part of the family.
September 18, Thursday
Today Shadow went to the vet. The vet just told us that he's just jittery and that older dogs tend to be. He also told us what to feed him and what not to. We've been pretty aware of that anyways but moms still not sold. Well I think he's fine. Mom's afraid he might be losing eye sight but I don't think so because he seems fine. All his organs and musles are in great shape the vet reported.
September 19, Friday
I tried hard not to break down in front of my friends today. I came home with three other friends for a sleepover. Mom told me she thinks Shadows getting worse. It scared me and I brought him into my room with me and my friends. I noticed as he sat on my bed that one eye was blueish looking and kind of mirror like. I told mom and she told me her and my dad had noticed. I think Shadow's going blind and it makes me sadder than anything and reminds me that he's getting older.
September 20, Saturday
As my last friend left her mom tried to get my dog to look at her. His small poofy head mooved around confused trying to signal in where her face was. I was crushed. As soon as my friends mom left I fell down and started to sob. My dog tried to find me to comofrt me but that only made me cry harder. My mom adimtted shed reaserched and said sources said it might be fixed with drops or sugery. I have cried fiver times in couting today. One when I first saw him confused, two when I was thinking about it. The third time I was eating lunch. He's quiet the begger. He looked like he knew where I was but then I got up and held the pizza crust up her looked up. Then I moved into the kitcen and saw him still looking there. I sobbed again. Then I was cleaning and saw a picture of him when he was a puppy only a few days after we got him. We had found it about a week aeriler when my mom was going through things. And now as I tell about what is happeing to my little fluff ball I am crying. Rembering funny stories of him and the day we got him make me only see how old her really is.
I wrote this for support. If your animal is blind or older or if you have anything to help me please commet. Thank you for caring and reading.

Taken this summer before this mess

aww, cute puppy.. but sad. I am not really an expert on dogs.. but I would say take him back to the vet and and see what they can do.

and one of my dogs is partially blind, so he cant see well (he is 14 years old), just.. help him out a bit.

Thank you Lone. he's going to the vet sometime in the next veiw days. And thanks for the help part I have now made sound and let him smell me before I do anything around him. I feel so bad, He so helpless.

Please dont be so harsh with the details I understand your only trying to help but my dogs not like that. At the vet they saw all his organs and musles and bones ect are in great shape its just his eyes. My mom reserched my dogs syomtomes and it seems to be a type fixble in surgery or simply just by eye drops. Also he seems to be able to see shapes outlines which is a great sign. I repeat for anyone thinking of commeting please try not to use words like putting down and death i need support and suggestions please not things like that. *sigh* count this as the sixth time Ive cried today

omg this story nearly made me cry i hope his eye sugery works if he has it.i would feel the same if this happened to poppy

Yes that seems to be what my dog has and that makes me feel SO much better!

Well the look of his eyes matched this dscrpiton online of about that but my moms taking him to the vet in about an hour so well find out then

If its not bad, the vets will be able to take care of it. hill probly need eye drops the rest of his life though. My dog has a minor health problem. she has bad teeth. She has to go in and had to be put under anisteshia last year (sp?) to clean her teeth. Anyway, Hill be okay.

No but I think I will now
Balto- Thanks! Right now my parents are trying to decide if he should get surgery because its almost two thosuand bucks