Two deaf, blind dogs to move to foster home on Peninsula

AGNEW — Peninsula Friends of Animals has found a foster home for Frosty and Snowman, two deaf and blind Lhaso apso-Shih Tzu mix dogs.

There’s only one potential dogleg in the 2-year-old brothers’ road to a permanent home: The foster couple willing to care for them has six cats.

“This will be a foster situation with the intention of adopting, if their six cats are kind to the pups,” said Nancy Campbell, operations manager for Peninsula Friends of Animals, which has taken care of Frosty and Snowman for several weeks.

Campbell said the dogs will go to their new family sometime next week after adequate fences are put up at the foster home.

“We are very excited but sad to see the little guys go,” Campbell said.

“They also saw the eye specialist and have been on some eye- and eardrops to clear up some allergy and infection issues.

“They will get a bath and be healthy and pretty to go on their big adventure.”

The dogs lost their parents with children a month ago when the family moved to Scotland, so the pet-loving people at the Peninsula Friends of Animals sought a temporary foster care arrangement or, preferably, a permanent “special” home.

Several inquiries came into the nonprofit animal care facility after a story and photo ran in the Peninsula Daily News with a video running with the story on www.peninsuladailynews.com.

While the group mostly is known for its Safe Haven facility, where it shelters an average of 50 adoptable felines just north of U.S. Highway 101 and east of Shore Road, the group also takes in small dogs with special needs until they are adopted.

Frosty and Snowman function much like other dogs and appear to have a heightened sense of smell and feel for vibrations that help them navigate around the yard.

More in News

Serve Washington presented service award

Serve Washington presented its Washington State Volunteer Service Award to… Continue reading

Mary Kelsoe of the Port Angeles Garden Club thins a cluster of azaleas as a tulip sprouts nearby in one of the decorative planters on Wednesday along the esplanade in the 100 block of West Railroad Avenue on the Port Angeles waterfront. Garden club members have traditionally maintained a pair of planters along the Esplanade as Billie Loos’s Garden, named for a longtime club member. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
In full bloom

Mary Kelsoe of the Port Angeles Garden Club thins a cluster of… Continue reading

Housing depends on many factors

Land use, infrastructure part of state toolbox

Sarge’s Place in Forks serves as a homeless shelter for veterans and is run by the nonprofit, a secondhand store and Clallam County homelessness grants and donations. (Sarge’s Veteran Support)
Fundraiser set to benefit Sarge’s Veteran Support

Minsky Place for elderly or disabled veterans set to open this spring

Jefferson commissioners to meet with coordinating committee

The Jefferson County commissioners will meet with the county… Continue reading

John Southard.
Sequim promotes Southard to deputy chief

Sequim Police Sergeant John Southard has been promoted to deputy… Continue reading

Back row, from left to right, are Chris Moore, Colleen O’Brien, Jade Rollins, Kate Strean, Elijah Avery, Cory Morgan, Aiden Albers and Tim Manly. Front row, from left to right, are Ken Brotherton and Tammy Ridgway.
Eight graduate to become emergency medical technicians

The Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services Council has announced… Continue reading

Driver airlifted to Seattle hospital after Port Angeles wreck

A woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in… Continue reading

Becca Paul, a paraeducator at Jefferson Elementary in Port Angeles, helps introduce a new book for third-graders, from left, Margret Trowbridge, Taezia Hanan and Skylyn King, to practice reading in the Literacy Lab. The book is entitled “The Girl With A Vision.” (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
After two-year deal, PA paraeducators back to work

Union, school district agree to mediated contract with baseline increases

Police reform efforts stalled

Law enforcement sees rollback on restrictions

Pictured, from left, are Priya Jayadev, Lisa O’Keefe, Lisa Palermo, Lynn Hawkins and Astrid Raffinpeyloz.
Yacht club makes hospice donation

The Sequim Bay Yacht Club recently donated $25,864 to Volunteer Hospice of… Continue reading