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what a great update! On Feb 5, 2011, at 8:57 PM, jana lashmit wrote: > I got a really nice update not long ago on one of my first fosters > from 2000. Nicky was a black and tan ES-type dog who was found > stray in Ohio. The shelter had him labeled as a Gordon setter/ > collie mix, but someone posted him on the list and on NESR. > > My BF and I drove from Maryland to Ohio to get him, and brought home > one of the happiest, sweetest, most loving dogs I've ever met. He > would literally hug people, wrapping his legs around your waist and > laying his head on your stomach. > > Nicky was also completely blind from cataracts - at the time I had > Bonnie, my collie who had been born blind. Nothing more amazing to > watch than two blind dogs playfully (and carefully) wrestling and > gnawing on each others' faces. > > Once, I was walking the two of them, my sister's Cavalier, and > another foster (an elderly female collie), and we were approached by > an aggressive dog. Nicky had been trailing behind, but when he > heard the other one approaching he leaped out to the front and > snarled, effectively keeping the other dog at bay. No one was going > to mess with *his* girls! > > His adopters spotted him on NESR's website - they lived in Colorado, > but fell in love so quickly that they flew to Maryland to get him. > He has to be in his mid to late teens now, and he's had his eyes > removed (he had glaucoma in addition to the cataracts), but he's > still a happy, loving little guy! > > Jana