Jim Parsons’ little blind dog gets lost in their new place and has to woof for help


Jim Parsons was on the Ellen Show, which is still incredibly awkward and hard to watch. She had a good rapport with him and it wasn’t as bad as some of her other at-home interviews, which have been truly bad. He’s promoting his new Ryan Murphy Netflix show, Hollywood, which is out later this week. Jim’s hair is too long like so many people now but he said there’s no way he’s going to let his husband cut it because that never works out well. He is considering bleaching it though, and Ellen had some advice for him about not damaging his hair. My favorite part was when he talked about his little blind dog, who isn’t familiar with their new place in New York and has to woof to get help.

How many dogs do you have? How are they doing?
We have a younger one, he’s two, he’s a maltese. He has some social anxiety issues. The older one is Rufus who, bless his little heart has gone officially blind. We just recently moved back from LA to New York and it’s kind of all new surroundings. It’s sad but it’s kind of adorable. You’ll just hear a [barks] and he’s in the middle of a room somewhere going ‘anyone, anyone because I don’t know where you are.’ He loves us so much he’s like ‘I don’t know why both of you retired, but I think it’s wonderful.’

You know there’s so many people who are adopting and rescuing dogs right now because they’re home all the time.

[From The Ellen Show on YouTube]

I have never known anyone with a blind pet, but I know people with deaf dogs. I have known so many people who adopted three-legged dogs and cats! It’s such a sweet thing to do. My aunts (they are married) love adopting animals in need and they rescued an incontinent pug who had been abandoned at a park. He is of course so loving and bonded to them. One of my aunts is an artist who is very crafty so she made him special dog diapers that also make it harder for him to lift his leg.

Jim is also taking art classes, he took them in person up until now and is now taking them on Zoom, which of course makes it harder for him to focus. He made the point that he can’t focus for more than a half an hour in general now, which I found relatable. I feel so bad for students who can’t go back to school or college, but especially for art students as that’s a subject that needs special materials and in-person instruction.

Here’s that interview.

Rufus!

View this post on Instagram

Upward dog. Rufus. 🐶

A post shared by Jim Parsons (@therealjimparsons) on

Here’s his shout out to his art class. I related to what he said about seeing the other people. I’ve felt that way about a few Zoom classes and meetups.

View this post on Instagram

I hope everyone reading this is safe and healthy and not struggling for basic necessities… if you ARE fortunate enough to have your basic needs met and are looking to do something to help you maintain sanity, I wanted to recommend taking a class with @theartstudiony . They’re doing live classes via Zoom and, quite to my delight, I was not only able to figure out how to use Zoom, but I also painted this in the process! No museums are asking to display my first still life painting, but I feel just a LITTLE bit more peaceful from the process… and I got to see real life other people who were also taking the class – and real gift right now! That’s all – just a shout out of gratitude for the companionship and creative outlet and just spreading the word… link in bio ❤️

A post shared by Jim Parsons (@therealjimparsons) on

Embed from Getty Images

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

17 Responses to “Jim Parsons’ little blind dog gets lost in their new place and has to woof for help”

Comments are Closed

We close comments on older posts to fight comment spam.

  1. Eleonor says:

    That dog is a cutie!!!!
    On another superficial note: if Jim Parson starts a beauty line I will be stocking his stuff, his skin is beyond flawless!

  2. manda says:

    Omg, I love his little dog!

    Also, my husband and I were in LA last fall, and our rental was being used to film a few shots for the Hollywood show! It was all extras, and some synchronized swimmers. We were thinking the scene might be like a two-second shot in the credits or something. It looks so glamorous and fabulous, and I’ve been so excited to see it to see if our rental is shown.

    All of you all that live in LA, we loved it and are super jealous!

  3. TIFFANY says:

    At least she seems better with him now. When they were in the studio it almost seemed like she hated him everytime he came on the show.

  4. emmy says:

    Awww their dogs are so precious. I really do want a pet (or pets, rather, as it would be guinea pigs) but I live alone, work full time, and my apartment is just not big enough. Bummer.

    I can relate to the not being able to focus. But honestly, I’d like a survey of how many people – once this is over – actually managed to learn a new language or whatever. I don’t think my brain is made to function better under stressful circumstances like these. I can keep it together for now but that’s it.

  5. Joanna says:

    That is so adorable

    • Snappyfish says:

      I have always adored him & now more. Love people who love animals. He does have the best looking skin.

  6. Darla says:

    I love Jim Parsons. He gave me a lot of joy as Sheldon Cooper, and one half of Shamy.

  7. IMUCU says:

    Those are cute doggies! We adopted a 16 year old Shih Tzu who is deaf and blind a couple of months ago. She wasn’t unfamilar with us bc we used to dogsit for her. She used to be “talkative,” now she only “talks” in her sleep. She will wander around “looking” for us so she can plop down for a nap nearby, so I always try to let her know about where we are with a little head scritch or my hand in front of her nose so she can get a sniff of where we are. She’s actually gotten better at tracking me down using her nose (she was not at first)! Like if she’s napping, and I leave the room, she’s been able to find me if she gets up (she rarely does, she’s the hardest sleeper I’ve ever seen), so I’ve been very proud of her! I even think she is learning when we get close to home at the end of a walk bc she starts walking faster (and gets a treat at home, lol). I also put throw pillows down in little nooks or wall spaces I think she might get stuck in around furniture, which has helped her navigate around them.

    • Kelly says:

      We had a beagle who went blind at a few years old when I was growing up. She got around really well, the only change we had to make was to not move furniture around (my mom liked to rearrange a lot before that). We had her till she was probably ten and then she was diagnosed with aggressive cancer and we sadly had to make the choice to put her to sleep

  8. Juliette says:

    That dog is so cute. I have a cat that I rescued as a.kitten and she is blind. She does well in our house but we have to never leave closet doors open or she will run into them. Her water dish is always full to the top so she can find water. She’s perfect in every way and extremely stubborn. So tiny though. Full grown, she’s about 4 pounds.

  9. teehee says:

    My favorite vet has 2 dogs and a cat, all very old, who roam around the offices and say hi to the patients.
    Just recently one of her dogs went deaf, and “wasn’t used to it yet”, so she didn’t know she was deaf….

    it was so sweet, cos the dog wanted extra attention from me, and kept making faces like it was empathizing with me, having to wait all alone in the waiting room, cos she had been left alone and forgotten about, too. “Oh she forgot you too, huh?”
    She just kept huffing, sighing, grumbling and whining like she had been abandoned for the 30th time that day….

    Aides and the doc were walking around all the time, but she never responded to the sounds…

    I didn’t know the dog had gone deaf until the Doc told me afterward LOL

  10. Esmom says:

    I like his longer hair and I love the painting he made. I’ve been painting, too, for about four weeks and I can’t tell you how much it’s helped me relax. Reading is usually my main pastime and it’s been nearly impossible for me to read more than a chapter or so a day.

    I am always impressed by pets who can’t see. I follow cat rescues/kitten fosters on IG and there’s one cat born without eyes who is amazing to behold.

    I had a deaf cat when I was little. She meowed really loudly and our theory was that it was because she couldn’t hear herself. She loved to be vacuumed, lol.

  11. Other Renee says:

    I’m obsessed with TBBT. What a great show. Kudos to anyone adopting a pet, especially one with special needs. I adopted a pug who had been abused and rescued and had just had an eye removed because it was so damaged. And he had a perpetual limp. He walked into trees for a while then got used to having just one eye. Let me tell you the sun rose and set on that dog. I was going through a hard time in life and he pretty much saved me. I loved him so so much. He passed away years ago and I still think about him and miss him even though I have two more fur babies I adore. Life with dogs is just better! 🐕 🐕

  12. SilentStar says:

    Aww Jim Parsons seems like such a sweetheart. I love his scruffy hair too.

    My 11 year old dog has become blind. He gets lost in our own yard but he does fine inside. He started hating walks because he was so unsure of what was in front of him, and he got quite out of shape. So we got him a buddy, a 6 year old rescue, and it’s great! We use a tandem leash on walks and the old fellow feels more secure walking close beside him. Basically our dog has his own seeing eye dog!

  13. Alarmjaguar says:

    Adorable little pups, but how the heck have they been recently groomed? My little one is so damn furry and she gets so knotted, especially where her harness rubs when we take walks. I’ve had to break out the scissors, but wish I had clippers.

  14. Amelie says:

    When I was dog walking, I walked an older dog who was 17 who was both deaf and blind. I think he was blind from birth but as he got older also went deaf which is pretty common. My childhood dog also became hard of hearing as he aged (but never totally deaf, I just had to shout harder for to hear me). I was surprised at how much he adapted. Sure he got turned around and would bump into things but he never seemed confused just kept on trucking along. Some days he’d go right around the block and other days depending on his joints felt, he wouldn’t want to go too far. He was also incontinent and wearing doggy diapers at that point so I’d have to take them off and on to outside.

    I always felt bad when I left him though, I was always instructed to leave him in the kitchen and to give him one of those treat dispenser toys they push around with their noses to get treats. That would occupy him for about a minute but then he’d start barking because I think he realized he was alone (or that I was going to leave him) and it always broke my heart.