Truffles is a 2-year-old cat whose mission is helping children get more comfortable with going to the eye doctor and wearing glasses or eye patches. She was found as a stray by Danielle D. Crull, an optician who specializes in fitting infants through teens at her practice,in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Danielle picked up on how smart Truffles was immediately and began teaching her tricks, which she learned quickly. That's when Danielle decided Truffles would be a great asset in helping her to help kids feel comfortable wearing glasses.
Crull immediately noticed that Truffles was smart as a whip and began teaching her tricks, which Truffles picked up quickly. She had such an affinity for learning that Crull was inspired to try teaching her to wear glasses. Truffles’ first pair of glasses were pink, and were designed for premature babies; they fit Truffles' face best. Once Truffles was used to wearing her glasses, she became the perfect example for Danielle's young patients.
If a patient is shy or anxious, she'll say things like, “Would you like to see Truffles’ glasses? Truffles has glasses!” before jumping into the harder ask to get the patient to try on their own pair. Then after the children see Truffles in her glasses, Danielle tells them, "Now Truffles wants to see your glasses!", and it works.
But Truffles doesn't just wear glasses...she can "high-five", point at things and fist bump. She's one smart kitty-cat!