Again, the two caught up with each other and headed to shore. Annette again hollered, "CALL HIS NAME, HIS NAME IS NORMAN". She held on to his thick fur as they made their way to shore. Annette called out to the girl."HIS NAME IS NORMAN, CALL HIS NAME"! And so she did. Norman must have recognized the urgent pitch in Lisa's voice, and was swimming to help her. Her brother was able to swim to shore but Lisa needed help.Īnnette realized what was happening. Lisa could no longer manage the deep and swift waters. Lisa, a teenage girl, had been playing in the water with her younger brother, both of whom were capable swimmers. What she thought had been the joyful noises of children at play were really cries for help. She didn't know what Norman was doing, where he was going, or even, if he could swim! She called his name repeatedly, but he continued to swim away from her.Īnnette became aware of something else.
Unexpectedly, Norman ran into the ocean and started swimming straight into deep water. Norman, a yellow Labrador Retriever, was running along the beach with his owner Annette. Where the Necanicum River enters the Pacific Ocean, unusual undercurrents are created. In the summer of 1996 an amazing incident occurred on the Oregon coast. You can even continue the runners outside to a certain area of the yard. Once trained, the runners are great because you can direct the dog to important areas: food bowls, dog beds and the door to the outside. Dogs don't naturally like these, so you have to train it, usually using treats. If the dog still has problems you can try to train it to use walkways you create with plastic carpet runners. The best recommendation for furniture arrangement is to not change the location of furniture to which the dog is accustomed. You will have to train the dog as to the meaning of these scents. A dog's olfactory sense is vastly better than ours and you don't want to overwhelm them. For instance, you could mark the doggy door with a citrus scent, each step with a rose scent, and areas to be avoided with a pine scent.
You can mark areas to be avoided with one scent and use other scents to mark areas they need to use. Here you are capitalizing on a dog's amazing smelling ability. You can use different scents to mark areas. Other good padding materials are bubble wrap and infant bumper pads. Foam pipe insulation comes in lengths that can be cut to an appropriate size to cover table legs, edges of coffee tables, corners of walls, etc. You can also use the black tape vertically on the corners of walls at the height of the dog's field of vision in areas where the dog may have difficulty.įor other problem areas, or if you have a totally blind dog, you can use a variety of padding materials. If you have light colored steps, you can use black electrician's tape on the stairs. If you have dark carpet or wood, you can use one inch white tape. Stairs can be made easier to negotiate if you use contrasting colored tape on the edge of the step and the riser. For instance, if you have a light colored floor, use a dark colored mat and white food and water bowls. If your dog has slight vision, you can use contrast. There are changes you can do to make their life easier. But some dogs have trouble adjusting to their disability. Many of these problems occur so gradually that some people don't know they have a blind dog if the dog is very accustomed to the house. Problems with vision, such as cataracts, glaucoma, and keratitis, are common. With advancing age, more geriatric diseases are becoming prevalent. As veterinary medicine advances, dogs are living longer and longer.
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