Our Sheba by Logan and Brady

[Omaha Steve]

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We chose her when she was a week old. Someone posted their accidental litter of puppies online when we were looking around for a puppy. We fell in love with the runt of the litter (Australian Shepherd/Pit Bull mixes), a little girl we decided to call Sheba. We visited her every week, amazed at how fast she was growing (though slower than her littermates) and eagerly awaiting the day we could take her home.

Due to a complicated situation, we were forced to take our Sheba home at 6 weeks instead of 8, as planned. She was adorable, lovable, and adventurous but there was something a little different about her... it seemed as though her eyes weren't fully opened. On her first vet visit (which we were not present for), the doctor said her eyes just weren't open all the way yet. We expected that her eyes would open up quickly... after a week, we realized that might not be the case. Her eyes still seemed to be "closed" so I decided I should take her to my vet. It took the doctor a minute of examining her eyes to know what was wrong. She has a disease called Microphthalmia with Coloboma which basically means she has "shrunken eyes". My vet told me she had very little vision and eventually she would be completely blind.

We were heartbroken... how could our sweet puppy be blind? It wasn’t an easy pill to swallow but keeping her was a no brainer.

Since Sheba has joined our family, we couldn’t be happier. Our friends love her, our family loves her, our cats tolerate her, and we adore her to pieces. She the happiest dog you’ll ever meet and if you couldn’t see her eye abnormality, you would never know she’s blind. She gets around perfectly, loves to meet new people and get out of the house, and she’s learned to play fetch. She’s 6 months old, completely blind now, and I couldn’t ask for a better behaved, more loving puppy. I wouldn’t trade her for the world.

Logan and Brady
Pittsburg, KS