For a little while now Fred has had damp patches under his eyes, mainly noticable during and after a walk, and always worse under one eye. He was prescribed some piriton by the vet some months back.
I still worried though, as I was convinced one eye was bulging very slightly and he was squinting more often with this one. So, off we went to the vets again last Friday.
The vet examined Fred but decided to refer him to an opthamologist vet, as they didn't have the larger equipment necessary for eye checks. I went home expecting a phone call to refer Fred in a fortnight's time. However, that same evening I got a call that Fred needed to be admitted as soon as possible, as the opthamologist was worried by the report he'd received.
So, off we drove into Manchester first thing next morning, with reassurances from our local vet that we'd be in good hands...the opthamologist was very well known in his field. Feeling distinctly nervous, in we walked, and Fred was seen straight away. The opthamologist was curt and to the point, fired a number of questions at me, and examined Fred's eye. He then called in his student, and proceeded to fire questions at him until he came up with the right answer :sweating: I was getting quite anxious by this stage. So was the student
Anyway....turns out he doesn't want to see Fred again....he's fine. :sweating: It's just his age. His eye muscles just don't respond as well as they did and as a result his pupils don't dilate very efficiently to cut out the sunlight. He shouldn't be walked in bright sunlight or he should wear a sun visor! :wacko:
So, not ony should he no longer do long walks, but we now have to avoid bright sunshine! :angry: It's not much fun having an older dog, if you're an active, outdoorsy person. It's a good job I love him to bits though. Silly old sausage :huggles: I won't mention the bill I got (w00t) Good job he's insured :- "
Stan was relieved to see his housemate home again. He ran up to him, sniffing him, anxiously following him about and never gave us a backwards glance as we came in the door :unsure:
Anyone else have the same thing with their oldies?
I still worried though, as I was convinced one eye was bulging very slightly and he was squinting more often with this one. So, off we went to the vets again last Friday.
The vet examined Fred but decided to refer him to an opthamologist vet, as they didn't have the larger equipment necessary for eye checks. I went home expecting a phone call to refer Fred in a fortnight's time. However, that same evening I got a call that Fred needed to be admitted as soon as possible, as the opthamologist was worried by the report he'd received.
So, off we drove into Manchester first thing next morning, with reassurances from our local vet that we'd be in good hands...the opthamologist was very well known in his field. Feeling distinctly nervous, in we walked, and Fred was seen straight away. The opthamologist was curt and to the point, fired a number of questions at me, and examined Fred's eye. He then called in his student, and proceeded to fire questions at him until he came up with the right answer :sweating: I was getting quite anxious by this stage. So was the student
Anyway....turns out he doesn't want to see Fred again....he's fine. :sweating: It's just his age. His eye muscles just don't respond as well as they did and as a result his pupils don't dilate very efficiently to cut out the sunlight. He shouldn't be walked in bright sunlight or he should wear a sun visor! :wacko:
So, not ony should he no longer do long walks, but we now have to avoid bright sunshine! :angry: It's not much fun having an older dog, if you're an active, outdoorsy person. It's a good job I love him to bits though. Silly old sausage :huggles: I won't mention the bill I got (w00t) Good job he's insured :- "
Stan was relieved to see his housemate home again.
He ran up to him, sniffing him, anxiously following him about and never gave us a backwards glance as we came in the door :unsure:Anyone else have the same thing with their oldies?
