FROM THE PUBLISHER

With a unique combination of professional experiences, Caroline Levin has created the first-ever resource book for the owners of blind and low-vision dogs. Both the veterinary community and dog-owners alike are hailing the arrival of "Living With Blind Dogs".
In it, Levin successfully answers the question most commonly asked by devastated pet-lovers: "What do I do now?"

Levin came to write this book, when after a decade in human ophthalmic nursing she left that field to manage an ophthalmic veterinary clinic. Here, she was able to meld her knowledge of ophthalmology with her love of dogs, developing badly needed educational materials for clients. Levin took the opportunity to meet many blind dogs and talk with their owners.

Caroline Levin is also an award-winning dog trainer. She has an in-depth understanding of canine behavior and the methods used to successfully train dogs. She shows her dogs in obedience competitions and the new sport of musical canine freestyle.

FROM THE CRITICS

Dog World Magazine

Living With Blind Dogs is the first and only how-to book published on this topic. It embodies helpful hints from dozens of blind-dog owners, as well as years of ophthalmic nursing, veterinary, and dog-training experiences.

...An outstanding, comprehensive work that provides the educational tools necessary to help owners and their dogs adapt quickly to vision problems with minimal stress. Levin's sections on how to train blind dogs leave no stone unturned. "Living With Blind Dogs" provides a giant ray of hope for blind-dog owners who until now have had few places to turn for assistance.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

At the veterinary clinics where I worked, we were able to care for, and cure many canine eye problems. From time to time, though, a dog would be diagnosed as irreversibly blind. This was an emotional moment for the dog's owner, and tears were often shed.

Dog owners wondered how they were going to deal with this problem. It became clear, that while there was nothing more that could be done to help the dog's eyesight, there was much more that could be done to help the dog...and his owner!

I realized that both of these individuals needed help adjusting to blindness. The dog was one of the "patients". He needed to learn new skills in order to maintain a good quality of life. The owner was another patient. He often needed to help understanding what was happening, and in dealing with his sorrow. In addition, the owner needed to be a teacher and a cheerleader. He was going to have to help his dog learn these new skills. These are the reasons I wrote this book.