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![You’ll remember the touching story of blind Great Dane Lily and her companion Madison; the news reports were dripping with saccharine anthropomorphisms of how Madison is Lily’s “seeing eye dog” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lily_Maddison_no_happy_ending.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "No Happy Ending for Blind Dane")
No Happy Ending for Blind Dane
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 209 CommentsYou’ll remember the touching story of blind Great Dane Lily and her companion Madison; the news reports were dripping with saccharine anthropomorphisms of how Madison is Lily’s “seeing eye dog” […] -
![Animal companionship has numerous documented mental and physical health benefits for humans, and in moderation, there is little harm. But moderation is illusive and harm comes when animals are valued for […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blind_deaf_great_dane.gif?resize=115%2C115 "Münchausen by Harley")
Münchausen by Harley
Posted on June 12, 2012 | 66 CommentsAnimal companionship has numerous documented mental and physical health benefits for humans, and in moderation, there is little harm. But moderation is illusive and harm comes when animals are valued for […] -
![Back in 2001, scientists first treated inherited blindness in dogs using gene therapy. In that instance it was Congenital Stationary Night Blindness which manifests in Briards and is analogous to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gene_therapy_cures_blindness_dog_eye.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "Gene Therapy “Cures” Dog Blindness Again")
Gene Therapy “Cures” Dog Blindness Again
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 2 CommentsBack in 2001, scientists first treated inherited blindness in dogs using gene therapy. In that instance it was Congenital Stationary Night Blindness which manifests in Briards and is analogous to […] -
![There are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blind_Lily_great_dane_and_Maddison.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "The Burden of Blindness")
The Burden of Blindness
Posted on October 22, 2011 | 35 CommentsThere are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just […] -
![And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.border-wars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stirling_collies_three_blind_deaf.jpg?resize=115%2C115 "If thy Collie Eye offends thee")
If thy Collie Eye offends thee
Posted on July 31, 2011 | 39 CommentsAnd if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than […]
