Quality of life is in the eye of the beholder. Just ask Myron!

Mimi's note: I've had handicapped dogs in my life and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that they don't want or need sympathy. All they want is what your dog wants: love, comfort, good food, medical care and someone to play with when the mood strikes them. I would never hesitate to adopt a dog that society has tagged 'less than perfect' because, in my opinion, it is society and not the animal that is flawed.

PeoplePets.com  Myron the dog dives into the backyard bushes on the hunt for hidden treasures, and hits new heights when jumping for flying discs and tennis balls. Sound like every other pooch you know? Not exactly. The boxer-border collie mix is completely blind and has become a celebrity for his community outreach in his home of Sydney, Australia.

"He amazes me constantly," owner Raquel Wood tells PEOPLEPets.com. "There's nothing he can't do."

And that means using his disability to raise awareness for matters that are important. Earlier this month, Myron was the guest of honor at Narellan Library's 10th Annual National Simultaneous Storytime event in Australia. For the kids' reading campaign, Myron performed a few of his famous party tricks — like doing a spot-on impression of a frog with all four limbs splayed out.

Blind since birth, the talented dog found a forever home four years ago with 41-year-old Wood and her husband, Terry. After Wood lost a previous dog to cancer, a friend told her about a "dumped dog" that had just given birth, so Wood decided to rescue a puppy and picked Myron "because he looked cross-eyed."

But after just two weeks of getting to know her new guy, Wood learned that Myron was blind. Within three months, Myron developed glaucoma and his eyes began to swell to the size of golf balls; surgery to remove his eyeballs was Myron's only option to alleviate his pain.

After the operation, "he was very happy," Wood says. "His confidence came back tenfold."

Wood recently wrote a memoir of her dog's life called The Magic of Myron, which she hopes to publish and release soon. Until then, Wood keeps her days filled by maintaining Myron's own Facebook page – which has more than 3,000 friends and continues to grow every day. But most important, Wood wants to share Myron's story with the world, and show how he uses his life as an example for others.

Myron can fetch and play, sit, stay and shake, just like any other dog. But his signature trick is his frog impersonation, in which he stretches his fore legs out front and his hind legs behind him so that he's flat on the floor. It's a trick he can perform on command. "He likes to show off!" Wood says.

Though Myron is living his life to the fullest, he has a few obstacles ahead of him. Not only does he struggle with environmental allergies – thankfully under control with the help of a personally formulated serum – Myron also suffers from epilepsy, enduring a seizure once a month. With no cure or treatment for this illness, Wood and her husband do everything they can to ease his pain and keep their baby comfortable, and try not to think about the things they can't control. Instead, they focus on Myron's future.

"No matter what situation you're in, you can always do something for someone else," Wood shares. "Myron shows people that you can have joy in life, even though your own health might be suffering."