Picture it: it's a lovely weekend afternoon and you're at the park, tossing the ball to your favorite four-legged pal. He or she returns to you and you notice blood. A lot of blood. Aside from panicking, what do you do next? Let's discuss. Last weekend, we had a scare with Pike. I opened up his crate to take him outside like I always do, but what happened next was far from routine. He was able to get up and walk out of his crate, but he couldn't move after that. He stood, rooted in that spot, just looking at me with his beautiful golden eyes.
I responded in the way any normal pet owner would: I had a meltdown and started to hyperventilate.
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Researchers have identified 29 gene mutations in dog eyes that can potentially lead to eye disease. If your dog has one of these genetic issues, you may not be able to prevent issues from developing, but it's not time to panic. There are a few simple steps you can take to prevent or mitigate long-term damage. Many forms of eye disease in dogs are inherited, including scary sounding things like cone-rod dystrophy, rod-cone degeneration, dwarfism with retinal dysplasia, and canine multifocal retinopathy. Yikes! But as I mentioned above, there are things we can do as pet owners to prevent or minimize the damage if your dog develops an eye condition.
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