Lola Bear is a Hungarian-bred French Bulldog. She was bred to be sold to local pet stores. Lola’s owners fell in love with her at a pet store, signed the papers and bought this sweet little girl. What the owners didn’t expect is that Lola is allergic to almost anything and everything in the world. They did their best to resolve Lola’s health issues, but could not afford the expensive vet bills. They brought her into French Bulldog Rescue Network , very reluctantly, as they loved her dearly.
Lola is now with her loving foster parents, Lyle and Lynne. They had an allergy panel run on Lola Bear which helped them to identify the best foods for her to eat for her condition. She will also need to go through a series of allergy injections. To help control Lola’s scratching, they usually dress her in cute outfits like this one:
Without her outfits on, much of her skin is exposed due to severe loss of fur as a result of her allergies:
But despite her baldness and itching, she is still an adorable dog.
Basil was surrendered to the pound because his previous owners had trouble dealing with his vision issues. Unfortunately, Basil is essentially blind. Basil was rescued by Almost Home Boxer Rescue. Lyle and Lynne are a part of this wonderful rescue group. Since everyone there knows that they love frenchies, they asked them to take Basil in as a foster dog. They ended up falling head over heels in love with him, so they adopted him. Can you blame them? How can you help but to fall in love with a face like this…
He loves to play with the other rescue dogs in his home and loves to sit in his new dog-mom and dog-dad’s laps and just enjoy life. Despite his vision loss, they find it amazing that he can get around and figure things out in their household so well. He doesn’t let his vision problems get him down! He is the happiest little boy and so are his parents now that he is a permanent part of their lives. They just cannot imagine that this little guy might have been put down just because he is blind.
While I was photographing Basil, I didn’t notice anything different about his eyes. I suppose that I didn’t study them real well while I was frantically busy trying to snap photos in the split seconds that we could get him to look my way. It wasn’t until I opened up the photos on my computer to edit them that I noticed these peculiar white formations. At first, I thought that maybe it was a reflection from the umbrella on my light but that wasn’t it because I saw that reflection in another part of his eye. Then I realized that the light bouncing into his eyes and back into my lens allowed me to look into the damaged part of his eyes. You can see it pretty well in the photo below…
Lola and Basil will be featured in my upcoming book (I still haven’t come up with a name for it yet!). Check back often to see more dogs that will also be gracing the pages with their adorable faces.
Almost Home Boxer Rescue is a foster-home based, non-profit organization founded in 2005. Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome unwanted pets to fur-ever families! They mainly rescue Boxers but on occasion they will help out other breeds if the animal is in danger of being euthanized. Visit their website at www.almosthomeboxers.org.
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