Luke (1994 - Oct 31, 2007)


Labrador Retriever
Picture of Luke (1994 - Oct 31, 2007), a male Labrador Retriever

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Home:Surrey, BC, Canada  
Age: 15 Years   Sex: Male   Weight: 51-100 lbs

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Dogster stats for Luke (1994 - Oct 31, 2007)
Corralled:3 times  Pals:61  Views: 837

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Doggie Dynamics:
 Energy 
sleepyenergetic
 
 Intelligence 
sillygenius
 
 Friendliness 
aggressiveaffectionate
 
 Playfulness 
not playfulvery playful
 
 Disposition 
anxiouscalm
 

Quick Bio:
-purebred-deaf -blind
-dog rescue

Likes:
Eating, belly rubs, butt scratches

Pet-Peeves:
The puppies, bumping into thinks

Favorite Toy:
Doesn't really play with toys

Favorite Food:
anything (but he only get diet food right now)

Favorite Walk:
The green belt near our house

Best Tricks:
grinning

Arrival Story:
Luke is a permanent foster. We are fostering him for a pallative care/senior care animal rescue organization in Misision, B.C. Here is the website: http://www.saintsrescue.ca. Luke is 10 years old so, unless he finds a better home than ours, he will stay with us for as long as he wants to

Bio:
Luke, a SAINTS alumnus, came to live with us January 7, 2006. He came almost a month after Butch passed away and he passed away Oct 31, 2007 almost a month before the second anniversary of Butch’s passing. It is more than likely not significant but it is stuck in my head because Butch was what we called a “very good dog” and then Luke became the “very good dog” in our home. People were just drawn to Luke… the neighbours next door who never came near any of our other fosters, my brothers who told me Luke was allowed to come to work with me, people in the parking lot when I took him to the vet’s, strangers who met him when I would take him to any public event. People would always want to reach down and touch him. I would always try not to tell people Luke was blind and well mostly deaf because I didn’t want him to be defined by that but he had a habit of flaying his head around and he really didn’t respond to their words and I would end up telling them and then people would love him even more. Luke spent most of his life somewhere else … and yet it seems to me that he spent most of his life here with us. This morning we did not let Luke out in the backyard to do his morning business and nor did we have him pacing back and forth because he had an internal clock that knew when he should be fed his morning meal. No longer will we all of sudden go where’s Luke because we can’t find him and we are scared he got lost in the house somewhere or god forbid we forgot to bring him from outside. He knew where the bathrooms were and would go looking for them because he liked to drink out of the toilet … sometimes he would lock himself in the bathroom and it would take us a while to figure that out. Next summer we won’t have to make sure to throw away all the plums that land on the ground from the tree because the first year Luke ate what seemed like a thousand and then came inside and exploding for two days. Nor will we hear his voice joining in with Patrick and Oliver because they are barking so loud Luke figures something must be going on and contributes to the noise level. No longer will we have to tell new fosters that think they can take advantage of blind/deaf dogs “this is Luke… you don’t touch Luke”. No longer can I use the excuse I can’t go on holiday I can’t leave my blind /deaf dog at a kennel. Gee that got us out of a lot of stuff. And no longer will Oliver, who is disabled and cannot walk up the stairs and freaks if you try to carry him upstairs, have a roommate to snuggle up to at night. Luke was a very large presence in our home and it will take us awhile to understand he is not here anymore. And it will take me awhile to stop playing the “ if I done this or if I done that or if we had understood a bit more we could have held on to him a bit longer” game in my head. The following is a write up that was done for SAINTS six months after he came to us. http://www.saintsrescue.ca/animals /dogs/pages/luke1.htm

The Groups I'm In:
10 YEARS OR OVER??? DOGS or CATS

I've Been On Dogster Since:
January 22nd 2006 More than 3 years!

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Dogster Id:
251987

Meet my family


Patrick
Seeger (in
memorium)

Bonnie
Mallory

Scotty (1988
-2006)
Butch
(2002-2005)

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Fay
Justice, Poe,
Gabby

Penny

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