Rolling Dog Farm Blog

This adorable little tyke arrived Sunday evening from a rescue group in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Rebecca Y. from Becky's Bridge had ended up with him after his owner had died, and she asked if we could take him.  He's about five years old, a terrier mix of some sort, and his name is .. yes, Fuzzy.  (I think we will need to work on a new name!)  He is a tiny fellow, weighing in at about 12 pounds, and would appear a lot smaller than he looks without his, well, fuzziness.  He is also the sweetest, happiest thing we've ever seen.  He greets everyone with a tail wag, and bounces all over the place introducing himself to the other dogs.

He's completely blind — from what we don't know yet, but my hunch is a retinal problem.  You can see in this next photo when the flash went off how his eyes are totally dilated, and the green you're seeing is actually the retinas in the back of his eyes:

He's just one of those happy-go-lucky, glad-to-meet-you types.  Although he's clearly been through some upheaval in his life, you'd never know it from watching him here.  Fuzzy has already adapted to the house, figured out where things are, and navigates around like a pro.  And, in just two days, he's wagged his way right into our hearts!

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Still 2nd place as of Tuesday — but just barely!

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It was thanks to all of your amazing votes that we won the $20,000 Grand Prize in the final Shelter Challenge of 2009, and we came in fourth nationwide in the first Shelter Challenge earlier this year, winning $3,000.  So this is serious money and can really make a difference for our disabled animals!  Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too.  Thank you!