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52 Hearts - week 7 - something blue

4/12/2013

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As many of you know, I am a member of HeARTs Speak.  Each week a number of us are participating in a forum group that asks us to interpret, in a photo or a group of photos, the prescribed theme of the week.  This week's theme is "something blue."

I knew immediately when I saw the theme that I would be using our dog Burton as part of my response.  Burton was rescued by Another Chance for English Setters, and has been with us for about 6 years.  He came to us as a puppy.  Burton is a deaf Field Setter.  He knows an array of hand signs, and if you were a first time visitor to our house you would not know he was deaf until I told you.  Sometimes I think he, and our other deaf dog, Piper--a border collie--"hear" better than our hearing dogs.

Deaf dogs are no trouble.  They hold a stigma and there are many myths about them, but I would adopt a deaf dog in a heartbeat.  They are easy to train and really watch your body language.  Sometimes Burton knows what I'm going to do before I even do it.

Burton has one beautiful, crystal blue eye, and his brown eye has a patch of blue in it.  His breeder was breeding for the white in his coat, often connected to deafness.
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Many times I'll get questions about whether or not I did something to the color of Burton's eyes in my photographs.  Really, I don't have to do anything.  They speak for themselves.  I sometimes sharpen the eye itself, but his eyes are effortless to photograph.
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Burton really is a little boy at heart.  He loves his orange ball and carries it with him everywhere he goes when he is outside.  He is a stellar ball retriever and can jump extremely high in the air to grab his ball on a bounce.  He is very attentive and treat oriented.  He may be nearly 6 years old, but he is still a puppy at heart.  He does not warm up to people or dogs he does not know as fast as our other dogs do, but within a few hours he acclimates under our direction to just about any situation.

Unlike his left eye, he is never blue.
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Hannah link
4/12/2013 08:48:40 am

What a beauty!

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Holly
4/12/2013 01:08:40 pm

I love Burton! He is a little obsessive about that orange ball, but it's part of what makes him special. Beautiful boy, beautiful photographs.

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Elaine
4/12/2013 07:04:28 pm

You are right Holly, he is a little obsessive about that ball....but he knows (most of the time) that it is an outside activity and will give it up at the door. He isn't possessive of it, just obsessive of it....LOL.

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Kerry link
4/12/2013 04:18:11 pm

Oh my, another gorgeous one.... love dogs with different colour eyes!!

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Kim
4/14/2013 05:34:03 am

Beautiful photos

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Trina link
4/14/2013 10:21:59 am

A beautiful dog! I love the second photo in black and white...it really showcases the colors of his eyes.

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Kathryn Schauer link
4/16/2013 12:52:43 am

What a gorgeous dog!

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