[Rhodes22-list] Blind Dog Advice

[Rob Lowe]

Brad,
sorry to hear about Gracie.  We had a cat with a similar problem.  turned
out to be a detached retina in the eye itself.  while they can operate (I've
had a colleague at work have the same thing), at her age it wasn't worth
putting her through the trauma.  good luck - rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 12:04 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Blind Dog Advice


> Dear List,
>
> Since 'da list' is so resourceful for so many things, let me float this
> problem by you.  Our dog, Gracie, has gone blind in a period of less than
a
> week.  She's roughly 13 years old (a Shelty/Border Collie/Mutt rescue dog
at
> approximately 5 years old) and in good health but in the last week her
eyes
> have clouded over and she can't see a thing.  I'd think cataracts but it
> came on too quickly.  Anyone had a similar experience and/or came up with
a
> solution?  I'm taking her to the vet this week but would like to hear from
> other's experience.  She follows us by voice and smell but it is painful
to
> watch her struggle.  Her tail still wags when she's around family.  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Brad
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