Welcome to The Club v3.3 Summer 2023

Maybe we should stop it with the elderly jokes. They’re getting old.
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He was a beautiful, reddish brown
immaculately groomed, very friendly
standard poodle - but he was both blind
and deaf. He was found wandering
along a country road on a very dark,
cold evening, alone.
When the dog catcher took him to a
vet to be checked, he was found to be in
good health aside from his two physical
handicaps and several skin tumors that
were found on each of his sides but
which were apparently benign.
When the animal control officer
called me back to see if I would foster
him, I was more than happy to do so,
since I felt strongly that someone out
there must be in a panic looking for their
lost beloved pet.
When I first saw Keller it was love
at first sight. He licked my hand and I
warmly took his face into my two hands.
What a handsome boy you are, I told
him, but knowing he could neither hear
nor see, I leaned close to his back and
spoke again hoping he might at least feel
the vibration of what I’d said. I wanted
to cry, it was so sad, his situation. It was
horrible that he was blind and deaf, but
that he was lost as well was devastating.
As a foster home for many
unwanted pets, Keller (who I named
after the famous Helen Keller) was one
dog I would have loved to keep forever
Keller - The Mystery Poodle
by B. A. Coleing, Ingersoll • from Daytripping Jan-Feb 2006
because he was so needy of love and
companionship, though
I was also sure that it
would be easy to reunite
him with his real owner.
But as time would tell, no
such event happened.
Because he was
so well groomed, I
immediately started
by calling all the dog groomers in my area,
since he had obviously been recently
done. But as strange as it seemed, no
one remembered doing him, and no one
would forget grooming a dog that was
both blind and deaf and as lovely and
friendly as he was. I followed up those
calls by calling grooming establishments
that were further away from London, to
no avail. Apparently no one was missing
him. I placed an ad in the newspaper,
again to no avail. It was a mystery to be
sure, a beautiful dog, recently groomed
but owned by no one... how strange it
was.
And each time I took him for a walk,
he was so good on a leash... another
point that spoke of
being used to being
on a leash. He walked
along the sidewalk
with confidence and
ease. If I tightened the lead
he would automatically
slow down or stop. He was so
good to walk!
At home he wanted to
follow me around - I don’t know how he
knew where I was but he seemed to be
everywhere I went, always waiting for
my next move. What a dear heart he
was! It was hard to believe that his lovely
chocolate brown eyes were sightless.
I just loved him, and even though I
already had three smaller dogs that I
also loved very much, I really did want
to keep him! I felt he needed me and I
was more than willing to be his eyes and
ears. However, the group I worked with
as a volunteer thought I should try to
find a good home for him. They felt I had
enough animals to take care of already
and that Keller would be a burden for
me. With me, Keller was just one of four
dogs, whereas if I found him a home
of his own where he would be the only
dog, he would receive all the attention,
which could be a perfect match for him.
I really didn’t want to agree, but I knew
they were right!
I started the screening process to
find a new home for Keller. It was a
painful experience, my heart ached at
the thought. Eventually however, I met
a couple who were looking for a dog
for their aged mother. They came over
to visit Keller several times and thought
he’d make an excellent pet for their
mother, even with his disabilities. A
friend went with me to visit the woman.
And while I had doubts since she
seemed very short-tempered and gruff,
her record with the other animals she
had had was very good, and my friend
thought she could offer Keller a good
home. So this place became Keller’s new
home. But there is still rarely a day goes
by that I don’t wish I’d kept him with
me. He was a precious soul.
I still wonder why the animal control
officer had found him wandering all
alone in the middle of nowhere on that
cold dark evening, and why strangest of
all... no one was looking for him, despite
the fact that he had been recently
groomed. Someone obviously cared
about him - but where were they?
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Summer 2023 “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” -Jaws, 1975
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