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Eye Sight
I have sort of a general question about dogs' eye sight. I suspect that Pan is near sighted. She doesn't see a lot of things that are obvious to everydog else, such as the bunny or groundhog that is sitting in the middle of the lawn, and goes on alert when people she knows intimately "change" by putting on hats, or glasses, or sit down, for example. She'll watch while dad or my neighbor walk up to the mailbox to get the mail, and will start barking once they start coming closer. Once we call out to her, she stops, comes over and sniffs, and is totally okay after that. While she's always been a bit of a doofus, this behavior is new. She doesn't run into things or have trouble navigating herself around the house, going up and down stairs, etc. What are the possible reasons for vision loss in a dog her age? She's a 4 1/2 year old Dane. Do dogs get hyperopic/myopic as they age? I'm making a vet appointment to have it checked out, but how do they figure out whether a dog's vision is okay? It's not like they can read charts or something. Suja |
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"Suja" wrote in message news:P_yAe.55665$iU.36701@lakeread05... What are the possible reasons for vision loss in a dog her age? She's a 4 1/2 year old Dane. Do dogs get hyperopic/myopic as they age? I'm making a vet appointment to have it checked out, but how do they figure out whether a dog's vision is okay? It's not like they can read charts or something. ........haven't the foggiest idea of how they tell. Don't know if dogs are alive long enough to get age related vision problems other than cataracts. I would imagine the physical aspect of the eye would tell them a lot. Ask your vet to verbally walk you through his examination. Very few vets actually tell you what they're finding while they're looking, even in a general exam. I've only run across one and always found it useful. ......wonder if it's not vision but translation from what the dog is seeing into something recognizable. .......have you checked any of the doggy eye dr. sites? I know that dogs can see many times better than we can, especially at night because they have more rods than we do, but that's about it. buglady take out the dog before replying |
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