I have a dog now, Sampson, who was totally blind, and it happened very very quickly with juvinille cateracts...he went blind at 5 years of age...he had the tell tale white spot, and had started to run into things...not often, but enough to be noticed..and usually when he was in a hurry and not paying attention to what he was doing. He started to pay attention though, as he noticed he couldn't see either...so he started taking his time, listening to my voice commands when we played 'catch' with toys, he managed to even time when I threw a toy with voice command and was able to trap it and sometimes catch the toy in his mouth...we did finally have surgery done on one eye to give him some of his site back...we couldn't afford to have both eyes done...he did great! He recovered quickly, took to the eye drops etc...He has adjusted to not being able to see at all on the right side...even when he was bind and went for walks etc, he really did well adjusting...I also have a kitty, Sabastian, who is blind. He is an older cat, not really a candidate for the surgery because of his age...he had a lot more trouble adjusting to the blindness as he has been king of the household for years...he moves cautiously around the perimeter of the house...leaving lights on for him esp around his food and litter area has helped...he's adjusted some, but not as well as Sampson...I guess my point is, that animals, like people all react to things like going blind differently...Sampson who has always been a spunky little thing, loves the outdoors, loves his walks, loves playing and just enjoying life adjusted well...Sabastian on the other hand was not happy at all about this not being able to see thing...is cautious,mostly goes around the outline of the house following the furniture, steps I've added to help him get up on his food table so he won't have to estimate the leap etc...but to put either one to sleep just is not an option...the doc I took Sampson too specializes in the eyes, so maybe you can find one over there that specializes in cateract surgery? In the meantime try not to move the furniture, or move things around...keep things well lit...they can see light and dark, and some outline of objects, but usually it's when they are practically right on top of the object that they can sorta see it...I don't know how many times when Sampson was on his walk...a blade of very tall grass would statle him cos he wouldn't see it til he was right on top, and to him it just popped up in front of him suddenly, startling him...in the pohoto'[s section, you can see Sampson's cateract in his left eye...click on the "Sampson and Delilah" folder, then on the Sampson, What a face photo and Brite Eyes Sampson photo to see what a cateract looks like..
Val
Sampson and Delilah
Jax, FL
In a message dated 8/2/2006 12:10:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a 11 to 12 year old cockapoo that was the runt and it was
given to
my 15 year old son when he was about 3 or 4 years old.
The dog seems to run into object on its right side, but can see
with the other eye. I don't know if it has cateracks or not.
We flew the dog to the Philippines less than two years ago.
The veternarians here don't seem as advanced at the veteranians in
Omaha where we came from. Looking into the dogs eyes it seems
the dog eyes have developed a large white spot. I don't know
what this is. It seems the other eye may be getting the same way
and it has developed over just a few months. I've been told dogs get
cateracts and I know cateracks can lead to blindness.
Also am curious how long an average cockapoo lives. I have read
where they can live up to 18 years or so, but I don't know what the
average life span is. I read where some people keep a blind dog,
but when I was a child and the dog was totally bling it would run
into everything and my dad put it to sleep.
Then we had a neighbors dog that was continually chasing its tail and
my son tells me it was going bind and didn't live to much longer.
I appreciate any comments.
Because the posts are not always timely, appreciate a note to
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