1) We had a power outage recently. I was holding Reo in one arm. In the pitch blackness, I woke my phone from "sleep" mode (phone is always on silent, so it didn't make a noise). When the screen lit up, Reo looked over at it.
2) On our back deck (which Reo can navigate well now, including stairs), I washed the dog water bowl and placed it in a different location. Reo came up the steps from the yard and was walking directly toward it at a fast pace (as if she would crash into it), and then she simply walked around it. Sean and I were quite surprised. I wondered if she could smell it, but I thought if she smelled it and were interested, she'd stop to take a sniff?
3) At my desk, I took a break to stretch and had my hands up in the air, and she looked directly at my hands.
4) Leigh was stretching on our deck and right in Reo's path as she was walking up the stairs. Reo jumped over her without skipping a step!
In general, Reo is very confident on walks - she is fine to be out in front of me on the leash, which is a major change for her (after she lost her sight, she walked behind or very close to us). She also has tried to go up our inside staircase herself (which is also new to her since she lost her sight - she never tried because they are quite tall). She occasionally reacts to squirrels, but I truly can't tell if she can smell/hear them, or if she sees them or flashes of light/shadow when they dart across. Because I'm more unsure about these, I'm sticking to the above 4 examples of potentially transient vision. :)
Even so, I'm still extremely cautious, as it seems like this would just be too good to be true!
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