18 YEAR OLD BLIND DEAF DACHSHUND LOOKING FOR LOVE
To live to be 18 years old in a dog’s world is quite an accomplishment. That’s 126 or 133 people years (depending on who you ask). Either way, 18 is an advanced age most dogs never see. But living to the age of 18 isn’t little Muneca’s greatest achievement. Her story will touch your heart.
Little Muneca came into the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter in Los Angeles County, a high-intake animal shelter that services over 3 million local residents. A Dachshund mix, Muneca was different from the first time shelter workers saw her. One shelter volunteer picked up the blind, deaf, flea-infested pup and was shocked when Muneca clung to her like a baby. All little Muneca wanted was to be held and loved.
I’m sure the experience was confusing and fearful for Muneca, after all, losing your home is a tragic experience for any dog, but to have this tragedy strike at an advanced age, and for a pup who has lost her senses of vision and hearing is unfathomable. At the ned of her life, when all she wanted was to snuggle with those she knew and loved, she was starting over in a scary new place filled with harsh smells, cold hard floors, and strange dogs and people.
Photographer John Hwang said, “all she wanted was to be held the whole time.” All she wanted was someone to love and comfort her.
While happy endings are unrealistic for many shelter dogs, especially senior dogs, Muneca’s story has a happy ending. After Hwang published her photos on social media, The Frosted Faces Foundation stepped forward to foster the dog until a forever home could be found.
Muneca received a vet checkup, a spa day, and a trip to the beach before returning to the foundation.
When she returned, applications for her adoption were already pouring in. Muneca will go to a home with experience in caring for the Dachshund breed. The Foundation will cover her medical care for the rest of her life.
It seems that little Muneca found love and compassion in the golden years of life after all. Happy trails, Muneca.
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