This is a wonderful update on blind Creighton, who came to us in the spring of 2008 from Mississippi and was adopted a few months later by Peggy and Matt M. of Olympia, Washington. Peggy and Matt renamed him Emmitt Creighton III, and have sent us periodic updates on him and their other blind Labs. (Emmitt became their third blind Lab!) They just emailed us these photos, as well as a link to a video clip of Emmitt doing an amazing job of playing fetch.
Peggy and Matt wrote, "It is hard to believe that he has been with us for almost a year and a half now. Needless to say, he is not the cute little puppy that he was when we brought him home a year ago last May. He has developed into a handsome 75 pound athlete with a motor that is revved all the way up until it runs out of gas.
"In addition to his high energy level, he is curious, confident and smart. One of his favorite games is fetch. If you tell him to 'listen' he steps away and lifts his head in that blind dog way, slightly cocked with his nose in the air, on full alert. He prefers tennis balls that have been cut open (there are always a few that are victims to being run over by the mower), we presume because they make more sound when they bounce and roll. We can throw the ball 50 or so feet and he will bound after it, tracking the sound and pouncing once his nose has located the target. He is amazingly effective.
"When he is not getting one of us to toss one of his 'customized' tennis balls, he is wrestling with Bobbie Lee or Danni, our other blind Labs, or chasing and harassing Alex, who can see and still thinks of himself as the 'big dog.' It is fortunate that Emmitt can share his energy with a number of canine brothers and sisters, as he would doubtlessly exhaust any one of his more mature siblings."
Peggy and Matt also said they were "attaching a few pictures of his other favorite things … drinking from the faucet (Oh, he’d like to buy Samantha a drink, wink-wink! Wait, he can't wink!)."
Here's his imitation of Samantha:
As you can see from the photo at the top of this post, Peggy and Matt wrote that another of his favorite things is "stealing Matt’s socks. Even the lure of his favorite tug towel and a dab of peanut butter doesn’t tempt him to drop the sock. He’ll even keep it safe while sleeping. What a character!"
As in:
And now, here's the link to the video of Emmitt playing fetch … this is really something to see:
Watch Emmitt playing fetch here.
Thank you, Peggy and Matt!
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