My Doberman cross lived for over fourteen years with only one eye. For the most part, she adapted well, but did run into things on her blind side at times. Like the time she was trying to chase a squirrel up a tree, but was on a leash. She turned back to me, and ran smack into a pole that, had she not been moving so fast, she would have seen.
Can you take a one-eyed dog on a hike?
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Any dog can get injured, but only having one eye doesn't seem to be a big a handicap for a dog (who tends to "live in the moment" as it might for a human (who ponders the "what ifs").Thank you so much! This definitely made me feel more comfortable in adopting the guyI was so worried about injuring him that it made me hesitant but this made me excited for our new adventures
This was my one-eyed wonder. Yes, she's standing on the roof of my car. You can clearly see that her right eye had been removed and that her lids were sewn shut after the surgery.
Gin March 1991 Scan_Pic0137 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
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