Haley's eye

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

This lack of pigment on Haley's eye lid has just appeared. Does any one know what it might be?

 

 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Yep.
Spud also gets this. Our vet said these dogs get a lot of dried junk around that area and surface skin just gets peeled off. Normal Pigment in Spud returns in a few days.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Thanks. DH thought he might have scratched it on something but I did not think that was the case.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

He may have scratched the eye on something or he and another dog were playing?

I notice it more now that Spud is older. I try to use a damp cloth to make those yucky eye buggers not so dry and mean before I remove them. I try I said--usually Spud just bites the cloth.

[Kelli, Fenway, & Dustin Pedroia]

That's good to know. Fenway has also recently gotten a place like this on her eye. We happened to be at the vet for a seperate problem a couple days after it showed up and he wasn't worried about it at all, but he didn't tell me how it might have gotten there.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Try to remove the "gunk" at least daily or it can cause sores. This looks like an area that is healing from that.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

You mean--try to remove the junk HOURLY.............. :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

That's a lot of gunk. But it's tasty, to the doods, that is.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Thanks for the input. I never saw evidence of a sore. I look at his eyes many times a day as they are so beautiful and expressive. He wipes his yucky stuff on my bedspread every morning when he gets up which moves it away from his eyes. I usually remove it during the almost daily combing (to remove tangles and the dreaded mats).