Sam Harrington-Lowe is Director, Founder and Managing Editor of Silver Magazine, an edgy, exciting online magazine for the 50+ market where she examines what your Midlife Coming of Age is, why it’s so amazing, and how you can get there!
Sam is a volunteer for PDWRA who fosters occasionally as well as transports whenever she can and there’s a need for it in her area. In March, Sam had an article published talking about how she has recently fostered a blind, deaf 15-year-old pug. She says that whilst this has made life a little more complicated it’s also been rather magical…
Miss Bones was Sam’s new arrival. She says that “Her owner died. Imagine being fostered out at 15 after a lifetime with one family. When she arrived she was frightened and in flight mode.
Incumbent Alice in front of Miss Bones.
Sam already had a pug, Alice Pickle, who we all knew could be a little diva and was fussy about fostering other pugs so Sam had to be careful offering sometimes! So, although Alice Pickle wasn’t a huge fan of Miss Bones at first, especially not understanding that Miss Bones is blind and why she bumps into her, it wasn’t too long before they starting to sit closer together.
“As for Miss Bones, she barely knows Alice is there. It’s very hard for a pug that can barely even see if it’s day or night. After a day or two crashing around trying to escape, the pheromone diffuser and industrial strength hemp oil kicked in and she settled, found her stride, started to trust us, and we formed some routines.”
“Miss Bones is amazing. She’s mapped out the ground floor of the house, doing laps over and over, touching things with her nose to test the boundaries, and walks around it without hesitation now.
We have to be careful of not ambushing her by leaving things lying around where she’s not expecting them. Added bonus is that my daughter now has to be tidier, or Miss Bones goes a cropper…”
As you can tell, with time and adjustments to help each other, Miss Bones found a very happy, secure and loving home with sisterly companionship in Alice Pickle. Thanks Sam!
Read Sam’s full article here
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