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Spunky is an older dog that was nearly blind in both eyes. This is his story.  Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Adorable Spunky a 15 year old dog was pulled from the shelter system by the Lange Foundation. They found that he was nearly blind by cataracts his both his eyes. Dr. Chang removed his cataracts in a successful surgery. Michelle, who also has cataracts fell in love with Spunky and gave him his forever home.   Segment Producer: Dawn Poomee Associate Producer: Brittni Brown Editor: Tyler Spiers

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00:30We're not really sure of Spunky's level of sight.

00:40We know he has some vision in one of the eyes.

00:43The other eye he has no vision whatsoever.

00:46You really can't see very well.

00:47He wasn't taken very well care of and if he is as old as they say he is, then the teeth

00:53were never taken care of and you probably are going to have to take some teeth out.

00:57For some reason the vision seems to be worse than others and I have noticed that on occasion

01:02he will maybe not be paying attention or something and he will walk into something.

01:06It's really sad to see.

01:12It certainly is more difficult to place not only senior dogs, also it's difficult because

01:18he is a special needs dog.

01:37So the cataract surgery, we position them first.

01:40We make a small incision and we use an instrument to clear the lens.

01:44So we remove the cataract basically.

01:48Right after surgery they can see very, very clear.

01:56So Spunky you're doing great.

01:57I'm going to see you in two weeks.

01:58I woke up on a Sunday morning.

02:15I had been looking at pictures of senior dogs, small dogs online and I saw the picture of

02:21Spunky and so I called the Lange Foundation to see if he was still there and I was so

02:26happy that he was.

02:27I asked if it was okay if I went in and visited him and when I saw him on his little bed in

02:32his cage there, he just looked at me and it was all over.

02:36I knew I was going to go home with him.

02:38The thing that sold me on him really was that he had had cataracts and I have cataracts

02:42and we were just meant to be in a dark house together alone.

02:46My vision is pretty bad and I'm waiting to have the same surgery as Spunky.

02:50I did want to have a dog who wasn't going to be pulling me around a lot.

02:54Well I think we both tend to watch out for things that are sticking out of bushes.

02:59We walk into poles, we both do at the moment.

03:02So I think we watch out for each other.

03:07He's so curious that he just runs everywhere, checks everything out.

03:10He's so independent, so smart.

03:12I think a senior dog like Spunky can be really beneficial in a home that doesn't have somebody

03:18at home who can take care of them all the time.

03:21So for me he's been great.

03:22He comes everywhere with me.

03:23I have a bag.

03:24He's just comfortable and mellow enough to be able to take most places and be confident

03:29that he's going to behave well.

03:31My life has changed so much because of him.

03:34I would probably get stopped and asked what kind of breed he is, what his name is, probably

03:3910 or 20 times a day.

03:40When I'm driving with him down Sunset Boulevard, Spunky will have his head out the window and

03:44people will pull up next to us and ask what his name is, what kind of dog is that.

03:48I am just everywhere I go, people smile in my direction.

03:53Of course they're smiling at Spunky, but my life is just surrounded by smiles because

03:57of him.

03:59People often talk to me about rescuing Spunky and I actually think it is the other way around.

04:03I think Spunky rescued me.

Spunky the blind dog - Tail of Hope

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