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Replies: 12 — Last Post Dec. 10, 2008 9:08am by Seanee
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...has just come back from the vets and he's got cataracts and he's going to go blind

Has this happened to anyone else's pet before? How serious are cataracts?

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Can you get a guide dog for your dog... ?

Im sure Ive seen that somewhere...

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My dog had cataracts, then got glaucoma, he eye was going to explode from the pressure if we didn't remove it. So we had her eye removed, 3 years later her other eye got the same way, we couldn't afford to remove her other eye, and it isn't a good idea to have an eyeless dog, so we had to put her down last month.

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Quote: from misssmadejavuu at 6:19 am on Dec. 2, 2008
My dog had cataracts, then got glaucoma, he eye was going to explode from the pressure if we didn't remove it. So we had her eye removed, 3 years later her other eye got the same way, we couldn't afford to remove her other eye, and it isn't a good idea to have an eyeless dog, so we had to put her down last month.


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Do they have surgery for that like they do for humans?
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Quote: from Free 2b Me at 6:17 am on Dec. 2, 2008
Can you get a guide dog for your dog... ?

Im sure Ive seen that somewhere...

That wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Get a second dog to guide your dog that happens to be going blind.

To OP: This hasn't happen to my puppy, thank god. (He's only 5 months old.)
Also, there is a surgery to fix cataracts, if you so decide to fix his eye sight.

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well i think our dog who is like very old for her breed and i think she must have some cataracts as she finds it hard to see stuff like if we give her food she is hunting around for it even if its right in front of her nose.. :(

and like i think shes quiet death as well..

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My dog is starting to get cataracts. She is a 10 year old lab.  Cataracts happen with most animals, and come with age. You can help treat them with special medications.  


Cara, how old is your doggie and what kind is it?

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Quote: from RachLeigh13 at 3:32 pm on Dec. 3, 2008
My dog is starting to get cataracts. She is a 10 year old lab. Cataracts happen with most animals, and come with age. You can help treat them with special medications.

 
Cara, how old is your doggie and what kind is it?

He's 14 and he's a Jack Russell, so he's quite old anyway.

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Quote: from carbonara at 12:20 pm on Dec. 3, 2008
Quote: from RachLeigh13 at 3:32 pm on Dec. 3, 2008
My dog is starting to get cataracts. She is a 10 year old lab.  Cataracts happen with most animals, and come with age. You can help treat them with special medications.    

   
 Cara, how old is your doggie and what kind is it?

He's 14 and he's a Jack Russell, so he's quite old anyway.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. My 15 and a half year old terrier mix, Lucy, had cataracts real bad.


That was here around the time we put her down. :(  She was a good ol' girl. You can see how cloudy her eyes are.


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That really sucks, but dogs are really good with their senses, and now your dog will be even better with the rest of his/her senses once her vision goes. I'm sorry to hear that though :[


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My dogs blind.

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