I get by with a little help from my friends
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 08:52AM 
The sweetest thing happened this morning.
I had to run some errands. Eve was sleeping on her pillow; Ivy on the couch. I called both dogs to their crates. Ivy ran straight to her crate, but Eve had a hard time waking up. I had to call her loudly (she is very deaf) because she becomes afraid if you touch her when she's asleep or in that confused state (she is nearly blind). I finally got her to a standing position and she immediately took off for the space between a chair and the TV cabinet, thinking it was her crate (which is in the next room). After some struggles, I got her turned around and headed in the right direction, but she missed the door to the room and got herself stuck behind a chair near the door. Again, I had to call her name and gently get her turned around so she could be led into the room. When we got to the door, Ivy was standing in the office, watching Eve blundering about and me blundering right along with her, trying to lead her into her crate. She tried to go into the open space in the computer cabinet. She tried to go under the desk. Ivy was standing there, taking it all in. Once she had sized up the situation, Ivy sprang into action. She helped me herd Eve into her crate and even opened the crate door wider for Eve. Once Eve had entered her crate, Ivy stuck her nose in and 'kissed' Eve before I shut the crate door, then she turned and ran to her own crate.
She got an extra cookie.
Reader Comments (9)
Ohhhhh(with a bit of a whine) I have a deaf and blind golden, but she's the best dog ever.
Oh that is so sweet...
Awww, thanks for sharing that sweet story.
Ivy is such a good girl.
How sweet!! Give Ivy an extra "smooch" from me!! :)
What a sweet girl Ivy is!
Aww, what a loving "sister!"
That was something very special ... thanks for sharing it ... softly and tenderly Ivy took loving care ... and the little kiss ... sigh ... and they call them dumb animals.
Oh, poor Evie! But what a good girl Ivy is to help. Our Sally is also deaf and she does get scared when I touch her from behind and she doesn't know I'm there.