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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/831660-blind-dog-myron-can-still-catch-balls-and-frisbees:

The brave hound's courage has made him one of Australia's best-loved dogs.

He sadly had both eyes removed by vets when he was just a few months old, but the four-year-old Boxer/Border Collie cross still manages to have fun just like any other pooch.

His owner Raquel Wood takes him for walks in her local park in Campleton, New South Wales, where he sprints around catching toys.

Raquel believes that Myron's acute hearing, intelligence and a kind of sixth sense has helped him enjoy life to the full.

The 41-year-old said: 'We don't think Myron is disabled. He's differently abled.

'He can still catch balls and Frisbees because his hearing is so good and he's learnt through trial and error.

'Sometimes I do call out to him if he's "hot" or "cold" but not always, its like he has a sixth sense.

'He can also lie down, beg, roll over and do all sorts of doggie tricks.

'He's very smart. It's actually hard to tell he doesn't have any eyes.'

Vets recommended that Myron should be put down as a pup, as he also sadly suffers from epilepsy and is hyper sensitive.

However, Raquel and her husband Terry stuck by him and spent thousands of dollars getting him better.

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Look at how he walks; picking his paws up high enough to not trip over things.

What the heck would require you to remove a dog's eyes at four months?

Upvote for the overcoming challenges bit, but geez, poor dog and stuff.

>> ^Retroboy:

What the heck would require you to remove a dog's eyes at four months?
Upvote for the overcoming challenges bit, but geez, poor dog and stuff.


Blind since birth, the talented dog found a forever home four years ago with 41-year-old Wood and her husband, Terry. After Wood lost a previous dog to cancer, a friend told her about a "dumped dog" that had just given birth, so Wood decided to rescue a puppy and picked Myron "because he looked cross-eyed."

But after just two weeks of getting to know her new guy, Wood learned that Myron was blind. Within three months, Myron developed glaucoma and his eyes began to swell to the size of golf balls; surgery to remove his eyeballs was Myron's only option to alleviate his pain.

After the operation, "he was very happy," Wood says. "His confidence came back tenfold."

(http://www.peoplepets.com/news/amazing/myron-the-blind-dog-is-a-star-down-under/1)

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I wish our blind dog could enjoy herself that much too. But her hearing is not the best anymore either.
It always hurts me to see how passive she has become, while she was extremely active when she could still see.
She even turns away when our other dog (who is deaf btw) comes close to her and wants to "socialize", because she cant see the wagging tail and thus doesnt know what her intents are.
The doctor could try an eye-surgery on her, but that would have a very high probability of her not going to survive, because her liver is bad too...

"The 41-year-old said: 'We don't think Myron is disabled. He's differently abled."

you might not think she is disabled but she is by defanitoin.

should have said , "we dont think "of her" as disabled" ,

objectivly the dog is less able than a dog that can see.

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"The 41-year-old said: 'We don't think Myron is disabled. He's differently abled."
you might not think she is disabled but she is by defanitoin.
should have said , "we dont think "of her" as disabled" ,
objectivly the dog is less able than a dog that can see.


It's a 'he'...

Ya know, "Good boy..."

Objectively, the dog seems more able than some internet posters... X D

Myron? More like moron. No but seriously the dog is adorable.

So, the woman is his...guidehuman? Aboomboomtshhhh

Good thing dogs other senses are that much stronger than ours.