TREASURE

Photo Courtesy of Debbie Bauer

Treasure’s mom, Deb Bauer, says, “In May 2011, I was looking at Shelties on Petfinder. There I found Snowy, a 3 year old double merle Sheltie, who had been born both blind and deaf. I fell in love with her immediately and knew she was meant to be part of our family. Snowy was in a shelter in Missouri, a long ways from me here in Pennsylvania. I contacted the shelter and was told she was already being adopted. My heart was crushed, but I kept her picture beside my computer, and I just couldn’t get her out of my mind. Through a twist of fate, 3 months later I got an email from the Sheltie rescue, where I had adopted my last Sheltie, that said they had taken in 2 double merle Shelties and one of them was blind and deaf. I emailed the rescue the picture of Snowy, and it was her! Turns out, after she was adopted from the shelter in Missouri, she made her way through two other rescues before finding herself at this particular rescue. Now Snowy is renamed Treasure, and she is a very loved and cherished member of our family. She is a registered therapy dog with PAWS for People. She is starting to participate in the READ program at the local library to help children to boost their reading skills, and she is a natural at the sport of K9 nose work too!”