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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlind Man Asks Facebook Group for Descriptions of Their Dogs and Gets Internet Gold in Return
Blind Man Asks Facebook Group for Descriptions of Their Dogs and Gets Internet Gold in ReturnHow would you describe your dog? Whats their personality? How soft are they? What other animals do they look like?
This is what Stephen Shkuratoff of Calgary, Canada, wanted to know. Shkuratoff is a devoted dog lover and a blind man. He is also a member of the Facebook group Dogspotting Society a place for members of different Dogspotting groups to discuss their own dogs and get to know other group members.
Dogspotting is what it sounds like a Facebook page where you can post photos and videos of random, adorable dogs you spot out in the world. Often Dogspotting posters let their photos do the talking, just providing written information on the dogs name and where they were spotted.
To be able experience more of the canine cuteness Dogspotting has to offer, Shkuratoff posted a sweet ask on the Dogspotting Society Facebook page.
I love being a member of this group! Shkuratoffs post reads. I am blind and was hoping to ask for more dog descriptions. Personality traits are more helpful than colors. Like how soft the dog is, for example. Bonus as always for dogs full of kisses and snuggles. Thanks for making me feel included. Hope no one minds me asking for descriptions a lot recently.
No one in the group minded, instead they were eager to share creative descriptions of their pooches. Shkuratoff received over 2,000 responses to his request.
When I say I love you, he winks at me. His tail is long and its like a whip, you need to step aside or you get bruised. He has smooth short hair and floppy ears. From tip of his nose, to the end of his tail- he takes up 3 couch cushions and Ive been sitting on a folding chair. Karen Steffens-Trimblett wrote about her pit bull-boxer mix Duke in response to Shkuratoffs post.
Like Steffens-Trimbletts description, many of the responses Shkuratoff received read like love letters to the dogs described.
Maze is a little muscle-packed turbo charged tank. Shes endlessly excited and ridiculously stubborn. Her ears are like velvet and her belly is smoother than a marble. I love the spot above her lip and under her nose where they meet. That spot is so soft and has such a unique feel. Her tail knocks over anything in its path. She is the destroyer of worlds, another Dogspotting Society member wrote about their pup.
https://people.com/pets/blind-man-asks-facebook-group-dog-descriptions/
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Blind Man Asks Facebook Group for Descriptions of Their Dogs and Gets Internet Gold in Return (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Dec 2019
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tblue37
(65,488 posts)1. K&R for the puppers. nt
crickets
(25,983 posts)2. Aww. That's so sweet! nt
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)3. My eyes are filling up just from reading the...
...OP. Ill probably completely melt when I go to the link, and Im a cat person.
Dem2theMax
(9,654 posts)5. I'm right there with you.
I'm afraid I will be weeping when I read the article.
Thank goodness there are still kind-hearted people in this world. It gives me hope for the future.
lucca18
(1,244 posts)4. Love this. Love the detailed descriptions of their dogs!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)6. How'd he read the responses?
Im sure theres an explanation but not giving it kind of gives the article a hiccup.
ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)7. Probably text to voice
My husband uses it a lot because he cant read fast or well due to MS
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)8. Awww So beautiful!