Karma Day 4

Today Karma went to the vet for her puppy shots. She already had her 1st puppy shots, but since she was so sick we are going to consider this her first shots and worming.  She is 11 weeks old tomorrow and she only weighs 7 pounds. Her brothers and sisters weight like 12-15. She is almost half their body weight, and to think! She use to be the BIGGEST female. I guess when your sick like that it happens :( All the vet staff just gets all giddy when she comes in. They LOVE her :) They seen her come from worst to best. I am so happy this little girl made it, and I'm glad I didn't give up nor did my vet because now I have a wonderful little dog who is almost potty trained! She has not had an accident in 2 days! I am so amazed! Little Karma will be in the best hands for the rest of her life. I promise her. I'm trying to keep her from biting. She likes to chew on things, but those things have to be hard, so she chews on toes/finger :( Her teeth are VERY sharp, and I don't understand how I am going to tell her "NO" I think I am going to use a scent as a bad thing. Like citrus... I am not sure I need to do more research. I am going to do my best for sure!

Karma Day 3

So yesterday, Karma done amazing. She no potty's immediately when placed outside. She gets a training treat that way she can associate outside potty = treat. I bought her some rubber bones and a rope toy, she really isn't interested in toys, but when you are blind and deaf would you? She still loves sleeping on that futon. (:  She seems to be improving, I cannot notice a difference in her hearing/sight. She still acts the same and honestly I keep assuming she can see because of how she follows me, but when I put something different in the bedroom she trips over it. So I know she cannot see, but I like to think she can. I know she can see a little. Like 4 feet in front of her, and nothing below her/super close.

Karma Day 2

So today has been very eventful. Potty training is going EXCELLENT. She has not had an accident today. I've been bringing her out every hour. She sleeps most of the day on her futon in the spare bedroom. I got her some chew bones because she likes to chew on hard things, but doesn't play with anything soft. I also go her some training treats that way every time she potty's outside she gets lots of pets and a treat then brought right back inside. She has a check up scheduled next week. My vet has been begging me to bring her back already! He loves her so much. Everyone down there is excited about her progress. She came so far from near death to now being such a miracle. She defiantly can feel vibrations and see more than I thought, she can't see all the way, but she can see more than she can hear.

Karma's First Day

Today we brought Karma home, the vet had already warned me that she is mostly blind so I was already expecting another special needs dog. I already have two special needs, so what's one more? I brought her into the spare bedroom where she would be kept until my other dogs get rid of kennel cough. I started to talk to her and play with her, then shortly realized that Karma, my sweet baby, also could not hear. So not only is she Blind, but she is also deaf. At first this seems a little complicated to me. I've never had a blind dog. Let alone a blind AND deaf dog. I have a deaf dog, so that problem didn't bother me. But how am I suppose to go about potty training... This is going to be a challenge.

Karma's Story

Karma was born on October 26th, 2011. She was born from a pit bull litter we had. She was fine, just like all of the other puppies. Healthy, Vibrant, Playful, and Curious. During week 7, December 22nd, 2011 she started having uncontrollable seizures. Back to back every 20 seconds or so. Like any responsible pet owner, we took her to the vet immediately. The prognosis on her living was very slim. She wasn't responding to treatment. The day after Christmas (26th) we went to put her to sleep, because it seemed that she wouldn't pull through. We get there and my vets assistant says, "You're not going to believe this!" She brought Karma out into the room and my vet tells me he wants to give her a week longer. "She started to drink water", they told me. That was the first time since she had been there that she drank water on her own. As the week went on she got better and better. Drinking water, Eating canned food, standing, and sitting up. They told me that I would be able to pick her up January 5th, 2012. :)