At WSU, Barretto met with the neurology team, including Dr.

Spokane resident Anjali Barretto will never know what happened to her dog, Sofie, during the first weeks of her life on the streets of Loreto, Mexico, a small town located along the Gulf of California.

What she does know is that when Sofie was rescued at just a month old, she had already survived a traumatic head injury, likely from the hands of a human, that left her blind and caused severe neurological damage.

The injury resulted in ongoing behavioral challenges and difficult-to-control seizures that continue to affect the now 2½-year-old dog.

While the seizures will never be eliminated, they are now being successfully managed thanks to the efforts of Washington State University alumna Dr.

Claudia LaBianca (’23 DVM) at Spokane’s Lincoln Heights Veterinary Clinic and specialists at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital,…