doctorbeth:

First, I’d like to say hi to all the new people who have been reading my tumblr and found it from Clownie or Gorilla or the Pooh Bears.  I’m glad you’re all enjoying it.

This week I’ve been working on a gator named Socrates, and a bunch of bears and bunnies.  But today I wanted to share the story of a dalmatian who was here a few weeks ago.  He’s over 60 years old and he had some rips and was turning brown with age… and he’d gone blind!  Here are his diagnosis photos:

He had some wear too, but his family wanted to keep that… it was full of memories.  So the plan was a spa, stitching his wounds, and darkening his nose.. and new felt eyes.  We also decided later to give him a new tongue because his was torn (you can’t really see that here, and I couldn’t till he got to the hospital).

Here he is in the spa:

I figured a more elegant fabric would fit the heart of this stately older dog, so it’s paisley velvet on one side.  Here’s the heart being made and installed:

And here he is, all better!  Wounds stitched, clean and able to stand up on his own, sense of smell, vision and taste restored.  Those are a milk chocolate brown eye that his family chose:

His family approved and he flew home all the way to Maine.  They wrote:

Dalmatian has arrived safely back home and looks great! Thank you!

=D 

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