Last night fellow rescuers had to say good bye to their 6 yr old Great Dane, Carson. Carson was a rescue, beaten by his first owners because he would not listen to them. Listening is very difficult if you are deaf, as Carson was.
He was a huge teddy bear, a real lover and I will miss working at rescue events with this truly gentle giant.
When people die, we gather for some form of ceremony and usually go to somewhere afterwards to reminisce. We don't have that same opportunity for our fur friends; and so, I would like to share my favourite Carson story here.
One day, in his forever home, Carson got something he wasn't supposed to have. He did not want to "hear" his owner saying No, so Carson looked at his owner and very deliberately closed his eyes, so that he could not see the hand signal for "give". Carson's vocabulary of sign language was truly impressive.
A character, a sweet, sweet boy who charmed everyone who visited our rescue booth and all of those who knew him.
I will always have a picture in my mind of my Heidi, barking her silly head off at Carson, and Carson looking at her as if to say "the mouth is going, but I don't hear you, naya naya....."
Dogspeed Carson
Wishing Everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!!
6 years ago
1 comment:
I'm sorry to hear about your friend, Carson.
I've had three danes and they were all so special. I would get another one in a heartbeat...if I didnt have a houseful of wieners.
I had a white dane who was deaf. When he didnt want to "listen" to me, he would look away really quick if he saw me giving a hand signal. I would stomp on the wood floor to let him know that I was trying to talk to him.
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