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luckey
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Mar 26, 2003, 6:31 AM

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Hiya... wondered if goldens were prone to any particular problems?

Our Brinkley has a watery eye, and we took her to the vet, who examined it and then gave us a tube of cream to apply daily, and said it should be fine. We've been wiping her eye daily, and applying hte cream, but it seems like it is not really getting any better, as her eye still gets teary...

It looks like the fur below her right eye is getting into her eye, hence the watering, but it could be the watering is causing the fur to get wet then stick in her eye causing further watering... anyone have experience with this who can help?

Thanks a lot! Smile


milooh
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Mar 26, 2003, 11:21 AM

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Hi there, I came across this website and thought it might help you.
www.golden- /hereditary_health_problems.htm
Rossie
www.jef-b.com/Dogs


makrawl
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Mar 26, 2003, 5:41 PM

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i had a pup who got this problem too. her eye was watery as the eyelash was stuck on the eyeball. i applied some cream, clean her eyes with plenty of water and always wipe her eyes. in a few day, she recovered. i also tried to dry up the eyelash so that it won't "stuck" again. well, i think it should be alright in another few days.


hunter
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Mar 26, 2003, 8:37 PM

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hi,

was wondering about the watery eyes you mentioned.. did you meant tear stain at areas close to the eye duct? or purely, wet eyes?

my dog recently had tears at his right eye. the vet said it's because of his stucked eye duct, and we were told to massage the eye duct area gently everyday.

i find that my dog had quite some cases of eye problems. once he kept blinking his right eye. and even used his paw to scratch... i was also given cream to apply to his eye daily - it didn't help. after a while, i noticed a tiny hair grown below his eye (really tiny) poking into his eye - i pulled it out, and it fixed the problem.

the 2nd time was again, he blink his eye. this time the vet said it was due to the nature of goldens who love to sniff around, dig around, poke their heads around - which might end up poking their eye into bushes, twigs or etc - and cause eye irritation. Some eye drops were given, and it solved the problem too.

don't know whether this'll help. just sharing some experience with my dog's eye problem too.


regards,
hunter


mackmack
Doggyman


Mar 27, 2003, 3:36 AM

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Mack suffered from it too in summer, Vet said it's due to allergy....but allergy to what, ar~ not so sure...either one kind of plants. well, managed to recover if the right medication is given to treat the "right" allergy.


--I have Howling Bean and Lazy Mack.--


luckey
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Mar 27, 2003, 7:18 AM

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Hi... the eye basically waters, which leaves a tear stain... it doesnt really stain her fur, coz when we wipe it off and it dries, it goes back to her regular color. But her right eye is always watering, and she gets gunk in it- the sort we et when we first wake up from sleep - and because it is wet, her fur gets in and irritates it more. and I cant seem to wipe it dry enough for the fur to stay out of her eye. Am wondering if it is a defect in the way the hair grows near her right eye, or whether the wet eye draws the fur in which causes more irritation.

I'll try what you said though and massage her eye to get the tear ducts moving properly.

At first when she gotit, she didnt really use her paw to try to scratch it... then she did, but now she is like used to it so doesnt play with it aymore with her paw. But i might take her to another vet and get a second opinion coz it has been quite long now... \thanks for your helpSmile!


ginl
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Mar 27, 2003, 7:20 AM

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Hey Jenn,

My friend Patricia with her goldie named Amber, also having the same thing....if i'm not mistaken she told me the eye duct is too shallow or something like that and yes she said the vet told her she has to massage the eye area often and wipe the tears off, else the dog will get tear stains....seems a common problem for a goldie?


luckey
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Mar 28, 2003, 1:48 AM

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hmm... i hope not... but i think iread or ehard somewhere as well that goldies do have the tendency for this problem...

am thnking of taking her to another vet to get a second opinion, since its not really getting better. I ehard there was a very good vet in Plaza Damansara... does anyone know that vet?


luckey
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Mar 28, 2003, 3:35 AM

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thanks milooh, will check out the link. !


luckey
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Mar 28, 2003, 3:48 AM

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Oh dear just read the link and it looks like there could be a ton of things wrong! Anyway, will take her to the vet and get a more expert opinion on this to see. Poor girl, hope it's something simple that can be solved just with creams.

Thanks for your help though!


luckey
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Mar 29, 2003, 3:55 AM

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when your dog's eyelash was stuck on the eyeball, was this like constantly, or when you pulled them out again it stays out? Coz with Brinkley's eye, they come out when I manage to totally dry the eye, then when it starts watering again, they go back onto the eyeball again... like the eye is a magnet for her fur ont he right eye Crazy


makrawl
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Mar 29, 2003, 8:07 PM

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yeah, i think the problem is similar as the pup that i had last time. when the eye is dry, the eyelash didn't stick but when it wet, it sticks!

no dirt, just tears right? i kept on cleaning up the eye and it recovered in a few days. maybe yours will be the same as mine gua.........

good luck (i'm sure she will as the "Luckey star" is just besides her day and night Cool)


luckey
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Mar 29, 2003, 9:59 PM

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Just took Brinkley to the vet this morning, and unfortunately, it's what I feared. It's apparently a hereditary condition, where the eyelid turns inward, causing the hari to stick inwards towards the eyeball, and if we don't perform minor surgery to cut away the lid to reshape it, eventually the eyeball will have so many scratches she could go blind later on.

Feel so bad for Brinkley, but we've booked her in for her operation next week Unsure poor girl. But the vet says she's probably in quite a lot of discomfort right now with the fur irritating her eye... said even when we humans get one eyelash in our eye, we are so uncomfortable, imagine a whole lot of hair which keeps poking into her eye.

Poor Brinkley!


luckey
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Mar 29, 2003, 10:00 PM

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Hi Milooh, just checked with the vet and it is one of the conditions mentioned int he url you posted. Unfortunately to correct it involves surgery under GA... hope it all goes OK.


makrawl
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Mar 30, 2003, 1:28 AM

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aiyo......... sorry to hear that.

anyway, good luck


wkser
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Mar 30, 2003, 2:40 AM

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hi jenn,

sorry to hear about brinkley......Frownnous send warmest regards to brinkley.......please keep us update about brinkley eye condition.....


regards
kangser and nous


ginl
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Mar 30, 2003, 6:58 AM

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Ohh Jenn so sorry to hear about Brinkley....poor baby she's still so young! The eye area is a very sensitive area to be operated on....hope all goes smoothly for her....pls keep us posted.


luckey
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Mar 30, 2003, 7:51 AM

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Yeah... we feel so bad for her as well... and the vet said she might need a second surgery because as she grows, her lid may grow along with her... but if we leave it too long, her eye may get damaged from the constant rubbing from the fur going in her eye. Will keep you guys posted, thans for allthe good wishes! Smile


luckey
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Mar 30, 2003, 8:57 AM

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Thanks for your warm wishes... will give Brinkley a hug from you... we'll keep you updated. She's getting a lot of special treatment from Chris though Tongue he even lets her eat off the dining table now to make up for her having to go for an operation!


luckey
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Mar 30, 2003, 8:59 AM

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thanks makrawl... Smile so good of all of you to think of her. I think we'll try to be in the surgery room with her so she doesnt get too worried. Chris wants to get Luckey a cone as well while Brinkley has to wear hers, so Brinkley doesnt feel so freaky, and so Luckey doesnt get jealous she doesnt have a cone too!

Well, also then for a week, Luckey can't bite stuff! hehe


milooh
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Mar 30, 2003, 9:30 AM

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Hi there, yes, very sad to hear about that. But its good that you brought her to the vet and found out about it early. Did you get her from a breeder or can you trace the people who bred her? If possible, you should tell them about it so they wont keep breeding the parents and take them out of the breeding program (if there is one). As responsible breeders, that's what they should do. The parents may not suffer from this condition but they may be carriers. Hope all goes well.

milooh
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luckey
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Mar 30, 2003, 10:13 AM

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Yeah, I guess we're lucky we know early so we can do something about it before something happens to her eye, which would be worse. Thanks again for your help in alerting us though. At least after the operation, Brinkley won't have that irritation anymore and we can stop calling her Pierrot!

The breeder of Brinkley I believe also reads this forum, so hopefully they will see these posts. I will also let them know when I can, not something they'd want to hear, but better than for them to continue breeding dogs with this condition, and some may not be as lucky as others.


mackmack
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Mar 30, 2003, 2:49 PM

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To Brinkley,

Be tough.... Get well soon~Smile


--I have Howling Bean and Lazy Mack.--


cdmoo
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Mar 30, 2003, 11:42 PM

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hi Jenn,

So sorry to hear this ...Unsure

This eye problem is also typically found in labby..

Hope Brinkley will recover soonest.. she's such a friendly girl..
regards,

CD Moo





luckey
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Mar 31, 2003, 3:26 AM

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Thanks... yeah she is being so brave about the whole thing. We are still hoping it will clear up by the opration, so that she won't have to have it, but unfortunately I think she probably will.

Came back from Obedience class today and thought I'd home-school Brinkley so she can still take her CGC and she was so naturally obedient! Like she already knew all that stuff that dogs ahve to learn for their CGC without having to teach her...

Thanks for all your support, you guys are great Smile

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