Interestingly , sight is not nearly as important to dogs as it is to us .
Critter is an splendid fetch dog , retrieving well than a legion of other pups . And he does it all without being able to see .
The trial impression comes from his mom Kat , gingerkitty69on TikTok . In a video posted last workweek , she ’s in a cubic yard with Critter , who was born blind . But that hardly gets in the way of him being able-bodied to , first , stimulate his owner ’s hand , and then bring the ball she throw .
Photo: Courtesy of gingerkitty69 / TikTok
As soon as he hears " go , " he races off into the chiliad and seize the ball after a bobble before wreak it mighty back to his owner ’s feet . So far , his retrieving prowess has earned almost 600,000 opinion .
" He ’s demented functioning . You ’d never have it away he ’s blind except for the occasional running into walls and such , " Kat says .
Critter , who await like aborder collie , is using his other senses to give chase the orb down . concord to Jenna Stregowski , RVT and Daily Paws ' preferred health and behavior editor in chief , he ’s likely able to smell the ball as it ’s about to be bewilder and then feel the zephyr move as it ’s unloose .
He can then hear it both as it flies through the air and when it bounces on the footing . Once he ’s secured the ball , he can get wind his possessor call him back . All secernate , missing his sight is n’t a huge obstruction when it come to fetch .
" Really , sight is probably the unaccented sense that dogs have , " Stregowski sound out . " They are minimally affected by cecity compared to humans . "
require to see more fetching ? In a TikTok from over the summertime , you may see him really put his big , lovely ears to work .
What a good son . you could keep up with Critteron Instagram .
