Blind Chuck's Story: First of all, I only call him blind Chuck on Face Book so people know he is blind and to hopefully encourage others to give dogs with special needs a chance. In May of 2016 I came across an add on Craig's list for a blind 10 month old english bulldog in KY. I called the number and found out they were going to put the dog down if no one took him. They had found out his blindne
ss was genetic and they could not breed him. We had a 1 yr French Bulldog (Bear), and were all ready thinking of getting another dog so he would have a friend, but never dreamed of getting a special needs dog. But I couldn't get this poor dog off my mind so I talked to my wife and she agreed to go look at him. We drove about 3 hours out in the middle of no where and pulled down a long gravel road. Out front was a little bulldog puppy in an small cage and in back several other bulldogs in one large pin/shed. Dog's were all braking like crazy (all I could think about was the movie Cujo), one was even missing a eye from a fight. The guy who owned the back yard breeding business walked us back to an old shed out back. There were about 10 dogs in the shed. He opened the first door and this poor slumped back blind dog came slowly walking timidly out. We feed him a few treats and petted him. He jumped on my wife and got his feet stuck in her sweater. We had already made up our minds we were going to take him away from there no matter what. We were afraid he was going to be very aggressive because of his surroundings and figured we might need to take him to a bulldog rescue. I found out the guys son called him Ray Charles because he was blind, and the old man called him Chuck for short for the little interaction he had with the dog. I gave the old man $300 dollars and we loaded stinky Chuck up in the car for the 3 hr ride home. The full way home I was wondering what we had gotten ourselves into. The place we just left haunted me because of how nasty it was. We got Chuck home and we gave him a bath, took him to the vet and started treatment on his many issues (ring worn, ear infections, hot spots, etc.). He had never been in house, so we worked on house training. He is supper smart and learned the layout of the house in one day. But he had a problem. He was jumping and hu***ng everything in sight. My wife and daughters were not impressed with old Chuck. A few weeks into treatment was in good enough shape we were able to get him fixed. Shortly after he finally quite hu***ng everything, so that was a big step in him starting to fit into the family. He was also doing much better with potty training. Chuck was starved for attention. He wanted to be petted and rubbed ALL the time. He is the most loving dog ever and quickly won over my wife with his loving personality. So, after a couple of months I knew Chuck was here to stay. He is now a loving member of our family. This page is dedicated to Blind Chuck in hopes that others will open their hearts and homes to a rescue or special needs dog.
