KNOX COUNTY, In. (WTHI) – Many
dogs love to play fetch, but one Indiana Border Collie is making news because
of her disability.
Chica, a dog who loves
lumbering around the farm where she lives in Clay County, was left blind after
her eyes were surgically removed when she was a pup.
Remarkably, her sense of
direction is keen. She darts from the farm house’s back door to the barn,
weaving through chicken and even cattle.
Chica’s owners, Martha and
Buddy Knox, say the dog’s favorite pastime is playing fetch. She chases a
basketball all over the farm, up a hill.
The Knoxes and even experts at
Purdue University are baffled that the blind dog tracks the moving ball and
pushes it back to her owner’s feet.
“I don’t understand it at all.
She runs every place she goes,” owner Martha Knox said. “It’s almost like she
has radar.”
And Chica isn’t limited to
just retrieving the basketball and navigating the farmyard. Buddy Knox says the
dog jumps in his pickup truck when she wants to go for a ride.
The happy hound seemingly
lives with no fear – not hampered by the danger of running into things. Her
disability certainly doesn’t slow her down. In fact, her owners say the beloved
pooch sees with her heart.
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