Dog Rescue Stories: Precious Pearl Was Born Without Eyes
Pearl is a Pit Bull/Catahoula mix who was born blind and deaf (she actually has anophthalmia, a rare condition that means she has no eyes.) Pearl’s destiny and ours changed almost three months ago when I was scrolling through Instagram one day and saw her beautiful face on the Hawaii Island Humane Societypage.I couldn’t stop thinking about her and was drawn to her for so many reasons.
She needed a home with a fenced in yard – check!
She needed a home with someone who is home most of the day – check!
Her name starts with a P…but not just P, but P-E. Our other three rescue dogs are named Pebble, Penny, and Petey! The P pack!

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After a sleepless night of thinking about this sweet, special needs, shelter puppy, I convinced my husband that we should just “meet” her. So, the next day, we, along with our senior rescue beagle, drove two hours to meet her.
Of course, I cried immediately when I saw her.
She’s so cute, so sweet, so funny…and so “normal!” When my husband saw the tears streaming down my face, he knew “no” wasn’t an option.

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We brought Pearl home one week later. She and our boy Petey (who was found as a stray) are our two Hawaiian mutts and they get along famously. He never leaves her side and acts as her seeing eye dog on occasion. Pearl is just a normal (but completely unique!) happy puppy who doesn’t let anything stop her.
This story originally appeared at Positively Woof by Larry Kay.