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My wife recounted a story she had seen about a human boy who was gradually losing his sight. On one visit the doctor asked how it felt to now be blind and the boy said “I am not, watch me walk out of the door” which he duly did. The doctor said that was amazing and asked him to repeat this feat, and the boy walked straight into the doctor. The child was convinced he could see but his mental map didn’t include moving objects.
Thankfully Sidney is the more practical intelligent one of our pair of viszlas. If a door is shut he will walk around the house in an attempt to find an open one. Olive is the over entitled millennial, if a door is shut she stares at it performing Jedi mind tricks waiting for a weak minded human to open it.
Thanks to all for the kind words. Fingers crossed we will all learn to adapt and this graduated decline gives him time to learn. The fastest way to tire our dogs is making them do mental work (retrieving items or finding hidden treats) this period of brain work is leaving him exhausted by the evening. But otherwise he is still happy and full of beans.
Have been blocking access to much of the patio, so all he can access is the steps up and down which reduces his chances of falling off the full height.
We will all be ok, and he will be well looked after. It’s just heart wrenching when our worst fear for the one eyed boy was that he could lose the other one.