Animal advocate Colleen Paige created the day in 2006 to educate the public on caring for disabled pets and promote finding them forever homes. Originally called "Disabled Pets Day," Paige changed it to "Specially-abled" because she believed the original name carried too negative a connotation for animals that are highly capable.
The day highlights pets living with blindness, deafness, limb loss, or paralysis. We saw Dexter on TV this last week and boy we were impressed!
I woner if Numeg could do what Dexter does!
What an amazing dog Dexter is! We were climbing Sleeping Giant one day and there was a dog there that only had three legs but he didn't know it. He climbed just as well as we did!
ReplyDeleteYears ago I read a book about it real cat named Homer who was blind. The woman who took him in as a kitten was amazed that the next 15 years he just could do anything inside that any other cat could do. Makes us feel very fortunate on our pets don't have these issues.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDelete... be still my beating heart! That was an inspiring story, and I am quite sure (yes Marv, curb that cynicism), that Nutters could do that or anything else she wanted to! And you, mancat, for that matter! Hugswagswhiskeries YAM-aunty xxx
Dexter sure is a special dog. What a great story.
ReplyDeleteDexter is amazing! We loved watching his video.
ReplyDeleteInspirational, to say the least!
ReplyDeleteThat is one amazing pup. XO
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that amazing pup. Tigris, Styx and Lanie too
ReplyDeleteWOW! Sweet Dexter is totally amazing!
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Go, Dexter, go!"
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