This blind dog is hiding a terrible secret

Geo Beats

This blind dog is hiding a terrible secret   transcript - https://www.temi.com/editor/t/b_PfGjqzSNMey9ltkMQU_GqmFnDLY3BBhLHQ4D2nv9QCz0EwcP6NyJ3gqm9uH64Q_kb7FlE-g_PHd3fOkaih97GhIJw?loadFrom=Dashboard&openShareModel=False audio - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yn1mwuj7bewssqxczvevc/josie-recording.mp4?rlkey=cy7tb6ap9yydoo3v7hwfjyo2a&dl=0 credit - bugsybuttonbellisima/Instagram  (vo - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/34kg3g5s6810dqpjo21uj/josie_vo_01.wav?rlkey=wq7tjte71lnnxcgbk6yuspkhf&dl=0  You can feel BBs under her skin https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o3i1cnc7ghweb7j6gegcz/Colleen-McCarthy-IMG_9369-start.mov?rlkey=crhpet45miejvf37llc134jfc&dl=0 00 slight bit of audio  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jn9hmktf5fz2yr9t22apv/start-ng5_9-walk-bark-sound.mp4?rlkey=9y092c9yzgrm5vdobr2kk22yq&dl=0 01 Hi Josie  as a result of her injury she lost vision  in both of her eyes. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qzuibl6hqs7dllc4fn0mf/ng5_15.mp4?rlkey=e2nj0c4kzjrpa9y8xjt4oz2kc&dl=0 02 till end 02 - https://capture.dropbox.com/GfHphbbmZy8NQkKq (audio - https://production.geobeats.com/admin/stock_footages/ambient-indoor-img-8616  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jn9hmktf5fz2yr9t22apv/start-ng5_9-walk-bark-sound.mp4?rlkey=9y092c9yzgrm5vdobr2kk22yq&dl=0 02t03 Josie do you wanna?  31:13 i'm coleen...geobeats (make this audio 10% faster Josie's Story by GeoBeats Animals music https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/30e0zn6udupnw66ig2vhc/345_loop3_argentinian-hope_0013.wav?rlkey=ybtex0fphdr8soizrytav3qzx&dl=0 visual  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uns8p367nyfhwz18vkr3b/ng5_41-walk-with-me.mp4?rlkey=u7co9l7n5vqn8f3id8a4y2uh2&dl=0 00t03 slight bit of audio (e - https://capture.dropbox.com/w1hbtYZnvzcXm2zc (adjust frame so dog's face is mostly above top line

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00:00 Is it pretty?

00:00 You can feel heavies under her skin.

00:02 Hi, Josie.

00:03 As a result of her injury, she lost vision

00:05 in both of her eyes.

00:06 OK, take it.

00:08 I'm Colleen, and this is Josie's story for GeoBeats.

00:12 Josie was found on the side of the road in Alabama.

00:14 Come and get this.

00:15 She had obviously been injured.

00:17 I can't even imagine how scared she must have been

00:20 and how much pain she must have been in.

00:22 She was actually with a friend and other dog.

00:24 They ended up transporting both dogs.

00:26 She was in the hospital until she recovered,

00:28 and both dogs got adopted.

00:30 Josie's friend went to another home.

00:31 I'm a veterinarian, and I have a soft spot in my heart

00:34 for special needs animals.

00:36 We decided that we would welcome Josie into our house.

00:40 Oh, Josie.

00:43 From the moment she stepped foot in this house,

00:45 it was like she had always been here.

00:47 She immediately just started walking around,

00:52 making a medical map.

00:54 She made it very clear that she did not

00:56 want any special accommodation.

00:57 She did not want any help.

00:58 She was just going to figure it out on her own.

01:00 Quick, quick.

01:03 Good girl.

01:05 What'd you get?

01:06 Oh, are you confused where you are?

01:08 If she bumped into something, no big deal.

01:10 She learned how to do the stairs.

01:12 She's brilliant.

01:15 Where's your cookie, Josie?

01:18 Here it is.

01:21 Yeah, you're hungry.

01:22 She loves to use buttons to speak.

01:26 She'll press the dental chew button.

01:27 That's like her favorite button.

01:28 She'll press that constantly.

01:30 And if we don't immediately go for it

01:32 and give her what she asks for, she'll

01:33 become more insistent and more aggressive

01:36 with her button pressing.

01:37 When people need her, they can't believe

01:38 she's completely blind.

01:41 Josie.

01:42 The ultimate irony, probably, is that she

01:50 has very large, expressive eyes, but they don't see anything.

01:54 We have had a few foster dogs.

01:56 Josie's been a very welcoming, big foster sister

02:00 for other dogs with disabilities so that they can have a soft

02:03 place to land when they come up here to Massachusetts

02:06 while they're looking for their forever families.

02:08 One was also completely blind, and they were best friends.

02:12 They're like two little peas in a pod.

02:14 They love to play together.

02:15 Kiss it.

02:16 Oh, good boy.

02:17 They would even go outside in the yard and have these meanies.

02:20 They just always had this amazing awareness

02:22 of where the other was, where the fence was,

02:24 where any obstacles were.

02:26 We would never know from watching them play

02:28 that neither of them could see.

02:29 After Joey, our foster, left, she and I were

02:32 sad for about a week together.

02:34 It was like the two of us could have sat on the couch

02:36 and been watched Hallmark movies and ate ice cream.

02:40 Like, that was what we were doing together.

02:42 She did have to get used to living with cats.

02:44 She loves the cats.

02:47 And then the flip side for the cats,

02:49 having a young dog in the house was kind of a transition

02:51 for them as well.

02:52 Do you want to go with mommy for a walk?

02:55 With me?

02:56 She really taught me a lot about strength

02:59 and overcoming adversity.

03:01 Good girl, Josie.

03:02 She actually has both of her eyes, miraculously enough.

03:10 But the path that the pellets took caused vision loss.

03:14 Josie, where's mama?

03:15 Where is she?

03:17 But she doesn't hold a grudge.

03:18 Kiss it.

03:20 OK, go ahead.

03:21 Every day she wakes up and it's the best day of her life.

03:24 Come on.

03:25 Twirl, twirl.

03:27 Her father would disagree, but I definitely

03:34 think she's a mama's girl.

03:37 I was really lost after we lost the dog that we had before her.

03:42 And with her coming into my life,

03:44 she really changed things for me.

03:46 OK, go.

03:50 The sun rises and sets with Josie for me.

03:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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04:01 [Music]

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