My name is Chance.  I was rescued from far away in Ohio, and am now in the care of Scottie Kingdom Rescue in Texas!!!  I heard there were Cowboys down here, but I haven’t seen any yet…  Actually, I don’t “see” much at all.  I have been diagnosed with PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy), which is an inherited disease that causes blindness.  Though I’m not able to see anything, I know I’m being well cared for.  Just in the few days I’ve been here I’ve seen two different doctors.  One was a Veterinary Ophthalmology Specialist for animals like me.  She did several tests on my eyes, only to find out that I can’t have my eyes fixed.  But it’s going to be OK.  I know it will.

  

When I went to the doctors offices, I got to ride in the front seat of the car!  It was really great!  Although I couldn’t see outside, I knew I was going somewhere special.  I wasn’t even scared.  And both times the doctors and nurses that saw me kept saying the same thing, over and over again…   Something about me being  “really handsome”, and others saying how well behaved I was.  Well, heck, I don’t know what all that means…  I was just being me.

 

 So for now, I’ll be at my foster home, being carefully watched, eating some really great food and playing in the yard.  (Yes, I’m able to get around just fine.  After all, I’m a Scot!)  Heck, someone even wrote a book about dogs like me.  It’s called “Living with Blind Dogs”.  My foster Dad is going to buy it and we’ll read it together, so we can both learn more about this problem I have and how I can lead a normal life.  He also told me I’d have one more car ride to go on.  Another trip to the doctor’s office.  Seems I need to have a special boy dog surgery and at the same time, the doctors are going to clean my teeth and maybe even remove a couple that are infected. 

 

  

So things are looking up for me. 

From now on, it’s all good.

 Chance 

P.S.  If you know of someone who would like to adopt me, will you please let them know I’d like a home with Scottish Terrier experience and/or special needs experience?

 

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