What's wrong with her eye?
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| It sure looks like she has something wrong with her eye - probably a nasty infection! Poor thing - she's quite small by the looks of her too! |
| I don`t really think it`s an infection (or at least I don`t want to think it is) but from the look of it`s the eye secretion that is normal to both humans and dogs.....only her`s hasn`t been washed cleaned, I say this because the eye itself seems ok... |
| I would have to agree with Vero. My 13-week-old puppy Cooper has the same thing going on with his left eye. I was at the vets last week and he examined his eye and said everything is fine - just eye secretion - more heavily on that side than the other. You might want to still have the vet take a look - just in case though. He said sometimes hair grows into the eye and may cause irritation but said Cooper had nothing like that. Good luck! |
| I get the feeling that this is just a pup that Grace saw at Puppyfind.com.
I hope the caregiver reads our forum or at least wipes off the gunk before photos next time. A lot of those secretions are normal, or could even mean some hair or lashes are causing irritation or even allergies. The focus on the camera was not very good, but the eye looks like a normal puppy's eye. They get the liner effect later. Looks so black, but I think that's the camera's fault or they had red-eye and blacked it out in one of those photo programs. You never know. Better to see a pup in person. |
| I read a book last night about "How to Pick the Perfect Shelter Dog" and one thing that I found very interesting was that it discussed eye drainage being a sign of an unhealthy dog (now, not your typical sheepie guck - but draining - particularly in a puppy!).
I wonder if there is any merit to this! |
| Of course, eye drainage can be a sign of unhealthy animals. But you have to see it to know whether it is normal or abnormal. Like on this photo, it looks like someone tried to clean the eyes or the dog rubbed them and got the stuff all over its snout.
But we cannot actually tell if it is normal drainage. Usually normal for a hairy type dog clumps together unde the eyes. It is thick and looks black-grey until you wipe it. Then it may be brown. Abnormal is thinner, constant. And the eye looks red or the duct looks pussy and inflamed. The eye drainage and runny noses are not absolute. If a dog has allergies, they will do both. You need to see, hold, and look over the pup. Put it down and call it to you. Check its hearing and sight abilities and whether it is frisky and alert or sluggish, and looking down-trodden. Puppies and dogs will let you know they are sick by their body language. You really need to ineract with one before you buy it. This is a personal opinion. Many, many people are quite happy with pups they bought over the internet. Some of them had a third party look the pup over. Others trusted the sellers. Even others go and pick the pup up from the seller. I like to interact with the dog I am going to live with for the next 12-17 years. I like to look at the mom and see how she turned out. That sort of thing. |
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