[Rhodes22-list] Blind Dog Advice

[Steven Alm]

Brad,

So sorry to hear about Gracie.  It's weird that you should mention this 
because we just went through this with our dog Rio.  He went to the 
groomer last week and when he came back his eyes were infected with 
something.  He was holding his eyes closed tight and when we pried his 
lids open, the cornea on both eyes were white!  The vet gave him some 
pain meds and also some antibiotic goop to put in the eyes four times a 
day.  We still don't know what caused this.  The groomer used three 
products on him--shampoo, ear cleaner and ear powder which she had used 
on him before with no problem.  But it could have been the hair dryer 
that could have burned his eyes or dust or other matter could have 
caused irritation.  We don't know and the vet couldn't nail it down 
either.  It took nearly a week but he's OK now.  In fact it was just 
yesterday he went back to the vet who gave him a clean bill of health 
and he's now off the meds and 100% OK.

Because Gracie's (and Rio's) problem came on so quickly, it's unlikely 
that it's cataracts or anything permanent.  It's more likely to be an 
infection/irritation and can be treated.   Rummy's idea of an allergy 
might be right.  Good luck!

Slim


On Dec 26, 2006, at 11:04 PM, Brad Haslett wrote:

> 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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