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Caring Hands - Bonnie

Bonnie - Can "You" Give Her a Home?

Bonnie is an eighteen month old black and tan Dobie bitch who is looking for a home.

She came to me from a family who only had her for two weeks. She had been advertised in the Free Press as "Free to good home, good with children and people". The family reluctantly had to give her up as they could not get her clean indoors, and they had two young children.

Having rung 'round the neighbours, I found a copy of the Free press where she had been advertised, and rang the folk who had given her to the family. They said they met the new family on a Motorway (Freeway/Autobahn) service station, saying that they would never manage to find their remote home. On speaking to these people, it seems that she appeared with two youths in their mid twenties. They had supposedly found her wandering, and seemed to think she belonged to the family that was picking her up!

Bonnie's new family can be forgiven for not realising there was anything wrong with Bonnie, they had never had a dog before.

On meeting her, I realised within the first few seconds that Bonnie had severe poblems. She is deaf, with little peripheral vision in her right eye, has compromised peripheral vision in her left eye, and the muscles to her right eye are slow. The outcome is that the eye cannot keep up with the movements of the skull, which means that she shows a lot of the white of her eye when she turns her head quickly.

Bonnie has *severe* scarring on the back of her neck with parallel furrows in her skin. She has no muscular control over her right ear, and muscle wastage over her right eyebrow. Allegedly, noone knew that there was anything wrong with her!

She has been to the Glasgow (Scotland) veterinary hospital, and they have decided (after lengthy tests), that her eyesight should not deteriorate any further.

She was either born like this, or she was used for baiting fighting dogs e.g., Staffordshire Bull Terriers. She cannot tell us either way.

Her personality is truly wonderful! She is playful, loving, learning hand signals nicely, eating anything and everything put in front of her, and is totally adorable.

On the minus side: She is not house trained. Some days I think she has the idea, and other days she seems to forget what is expected of her on her walk as she gets so excited.

She needs a mum and dad desperately; Someone with extraordinary patience who is prepared to put in a lot of time with her.

Bonnie will return the love of a family ten fold. She is so grateful for the smallest treat, whether it be a cuddle or a biscuit. She just craves affection.

Do you feel you can give Bonnie a home? If so, please give Kath Miller a call on: 01465 821254, and you can have a chat to her about Bonnie.

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