Bing, The Update:
The World’s B
Do You Have What It Takes T
MANY of you will remember the story of
Bing, the deaf, practically blind Border
Collie who we featured in Issue 23 of K9
Magazine. Bing is a remarkable dog
who, despite his physical limitations,
tries to live life to the max. He’s active,
curious and very friendly and he won
himself a lot of fans at K9 Magazine.
Recently, Bing’s owner contacted us with a
challenge. She’s been trying to find a
trainer to help Bing. He does most of his
learning from his canine friend, Darry, but
he still requires some extra help. Obvi-
ously, this isn’t your standard job, as Bing
can barely see and is completely deaf.
Most communication with Bing is done by
touch. Clorissa, Bing’s owner has sent us
a list of Bing’s biggest challenges, to help
illustrate his training requirements.
n Hard to get on a lead & won’t stay still.
n Hard to get out of the door without him
hurting himself or falling out of the door.
n Pulls on the lead and spins in circles.
n Tries to herd every car that goes past.
n Keeps walking off the path onto the
n Tries to get in every parked vehicle.
road, falling down the curb.
n When he doesn’t want to walk any
n Is terrible in the car cage. Constantly
longer he lies down and refuses to move.
goes round in circles, bites the cage, will
n If he sees another dog or person he snap at shadows. Has cut his mouth a few
gets in such a state he will turn purple, times and gets in such a state we have to
wheeze like he has asthma and his back
keep stopping – no matter how cold how
legs go and he cannot walk.
much the windows are open he gets too
n He tries to grab anything that runs past.
hot and pants and wheezes.
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