For a happy ending, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Matt and Peggy M. from Olympia, Washington, already have two blind chocolate Labs, and when they saw blind Creighton had arrived at the ranch, they emailed us to ask about adopting him. One of their blind Labs, Bobby Lee, is a certified therapy dog and was inducted into the Washington State Veterinary Medicine Association Hall of Fame as the 2007 Therapy Dog. Peggy wrote, "We mention this, not to boast about our dog (although we do think he is very special), but for you to understand that we share your belief in the potential of disabled animals to lead full lives."
They got their second Lab, Danni Rae, when she was a blind puppy about Creighton’s age and sitting in a Chicago shelter with no adoption prospects. So Peggy flew to Chicago, rented an SUV, picked up Danni Rae at the shelter, and drove her all the way back to Olympia.
Matt and Peggy live on a 5-acre place and every day, blind Bobby Lee escorts one of them down the long drive to the mailbox. Matt told us today, "Bobby Lee thinks it’s his job to go get the mail every day, so he does!"
When they first contacted us about adopting Creighton, he had just arrived here and was about to have surgery. We told Matt and Peggy we would be delighted to have them adopt Creighton — honestly, we couldn’t think of a better home for this puppy than with a family already so devoted to blind dogs! — but we needed to get him through his eye surgery and post-operative period. We figured it would be a few weeks before he would be ready. So they scheduled their trip to the ranch for this weekend, and we had kept in touch in the meantime on Creighton’s progress following his surgery.
We had, as you can imagine, fallen in love with this little blind guy from Mississippi, but this was also an incredible day of joy for us. We just knew that Creighton would be adored and treasured for the rest of his life by two special people who shared our love for these blind animals.
As for Creighton, he certainly agreed with our sentiments. He bounded right up to Matt and Peggy when he first met them, and then started kissing Peggy. An hour later, he was still kissing Peggy during our photo shoot this afternoon:
Thank you, Matt and Peggy!
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