It was quite a cool day (low to mid 50s) and very, very windy. Corky's parents were at an all day meeting, so I went down to Long Beach this morning and picked him up. Then we drove around doing errands. Every time we got out of Lexus the wind messed up Corky's ears, but he is like the proverbial postman - neither wind nor rain nor snow nor.....! He just keeps trotting along. We had a lovely day and when I returned him to his house he just laid down on the grass for a few minutes and observed his neighborhood. He has completely lost his hearing, except maybe he can hear low tones in his left ear. He knows some sign language, but we are trying to teach him more. We must be even more diligent because he doesn't hear us approaching and is frightened when we touch him. We'll figure out something! He is still a happy, active almost-thirteen-year-old and shows no sign of slowing down.
