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Dog may have to have eye removed

My collie is 13 years old and she has a poorly eye. It just suddenly swelled up a fortnight ago and went cloudy so I took her to the vets. We've been trying eye drops and other medicines, but it isn't getting any better. The vet now thinks she is starting to develop glaucoma and said it may be better to remove the eye. At the moment I'm continuing with her medication and he's going to review her at the end of next week. He is keen to save the eye if he can.

I just want to prepare myself for the worst and wondered if anyone elses dog had lost an eye, and how do they cope? She can't see out of it at the moment and occasionally walks into furniture etc., on that side.
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  • pboae
    pboae Posts: 2,719 Forumite
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    Not one of my own but I've known a few dogs (three I think) that have lost an eye. To be honest it never seemed to really bother them, they all recovered very quickly. The eyelids were sort of stitched up afterwards so it just look like the eye was closed, it wasn't gory or unpleasant to look at, I probably wouldn't even have noticed if I'd just seen them in passing.

    2 were already blind in that eye, 1 lost it suddenly in an accident, and he had more problems, he was a bit doddery for a while and tended to bump into things, but I guess that was more to do with losing the sight in it that losing the actual eye IYSWIM.
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  • Dogs adapt very well to this sort of thing - just as a dog with 3 legs will learn to get around fine, a dog with only one eye will learn to not bump into things :)
  • orlao
    orlao Posts: 1,090 Forumite
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    The only thing that seems to bother one-eyed dogs, especially if they're a bit deaf ( as a 13 year old collie might be!:D ) is if people come up quietly on the blind side.......wth our old dog we just had to make sure that people spoke to him as they approached.

    Something to be aware of maybe, especially if there are small kids around?

    HTH
  • Becles wrote: »
    My collie is 13 years old and she has a poorly eye. It just suddenly swelled up a fortnight ago and went cloudy so I took her to the vets. We've been trying eye drops and other medicines, but it isn't getting any better. The vet now thinks she is starting to develop glaucoma and said it may be better to remove the eye. At the moment I'm continuing with her medication and he's going to review her at the end of next week. He is keen to save the eye if he can.

    I just want to prepare myself for the worst and wondered if anyone elses dog had lost an eye, and how do they cope? She can't see out of it at the moment and occasionally walks into furniture etc., on that side.
    Hi I am so sorry to hear about your dog, However i do know 2 dogs that have had to have one of their eyes removed, One is a collie and the other is a small terrier, both dogs have adapted very well. They are both running around very well, just as if nothing had happened. As someone has already said, the eye looks as if its closed or as i like to think, that the dog is winking at you. They are both really happy and don't seem to have any problems. At least you will still have your dog to love and enjoy.
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  • Becles
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    Thanks for the comments, especially the deaf one. She has gone a bit deaf. She can't hear you calling her back from a distance now, and she doesn't hear things like the post coming through the door which she would normally bark at!

    I do have children, so I'll have to teach the older ones how to handle her and not to make sudden noises on that side. The dog keeps out of the way of the baby, as she's 9 months old and is at the ear and tail pulling stage :rolleyes:

    She's lost some of her front teeth as well (pounced on a football as hubby drop kicked it). Poor thing is dropping to bits!
    Here I go again on my own....
  • V_Chic_Chick
    V_Chic_Chick Posts: 2,441 Forumite
    We have a 12yo pappilion with about 10 teeth who is going deaf. I think he also has cataracts. The only way that this sort of thing will affect him is that he will spit out anything you give him if he can't swallow it whole or bite it easily, he will ignore you on walks (we always thought he was doing it on purpose until he started to not hear things like the doorbell :( ) and in his old age he has got rather grumpy. Whilst he wouldn't dream of snapping at a human unless they had really, really teased him, his patience with hyper puppies is somewhat limited :rolleyes:

    I guess that what I'm trying to say is that even a dog with limited faculties can have a good quality of life, and good on you for meeting her needs - you do get some idiots who don't want to spend the money :mad:

    PS if she starts to lose all / most of the sight in the other eye then think carefully before moving furniture around in a big way, as she will walk straight into things if she's not anticipating them being there.
  • Becles
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    She walked into a small halogen heater this morning, but luckily it wasn't switched on. I'd had it on last night as we were up after the heating had gone off and I was cold! I'd left it in the middle of the floor, and the dog walked into the room with it on her bad eye side, and she knocked it over. No harm done, but she got a fright and it made me realise we need to be careful about where we leave things on the floor.

    I don't want her to suffer, but do want to make her life as nice as possible.

    She's fine otherwise - eating well and still really lively for her age. Some days she outruns my other collie, and he's only 3 :rotfl:
    Here I go again on my own....
  • Im so sorry to hear of your doggie i hope she's better soon, give her a good stroke for me :)

    Stephb xx
  • Becles
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    Just an update. The eye has got worse and it cannot be saved now. She is booked in to have the eye removed on Tuesday :(
    Here I go again on my own....
  • Stephb1986_2
    Stephb1986_2 Posts: 6,279 Forumite
    awww your poor doggie :( give him a stroke for me :(

    Steph xxx
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