blind pets.

Do you remember our old friend Jack Tripper, the cat who was born without eyes? We learned from Jack (and his owner, Jamie) that a cat can adapt quite well to its environment when born blind. "He loves toys that he can hear," Jamie told us when we asked her what kinds of toys a blind cat plays with. Rattle mice and plastic balls with bells in them are all well and good, but variety is the spice of life. Sometimes you have to make your own fun with your blind pet. 5-month-old Oskar, who also was born without eyes, can be seen in this video playing with his favorite improvised toy: a hair dryer! Says Oskar's owner, "His blindness does not hold him back at all. He can do pretty much everything ...

jcspenny, Flickr At Paw Nation, when we manage to get some free time we tend to fritter much of it away scouring the Internet for pictures of cute puppies and kittens, because (a) we're devoted pet lovers and (b) that's why the Internet was created in the first place. We recently came across a Flickr account featuring a farm and animals in Wiarton, Ontario, including one special cat. Jack Tripper stood out not only because he is adorable, but also because of a startling distinguishing trait: Jack has no eyes. Jack's mononymous owner and photographer, Jamie, describes pieces of Jack's story through captions on some of her Flickr photographs, but we knew immediately that we had to talk to ...