Sunday, August 2, 2009

I have two 8 week old shih tzus and one has developed cherry eye.?

They play and get rough together sometimes. Will this do harm? The vet will repair it when he is 6 months old and I don't want him to have to wear one of those collars that looks like a lamp shade for four months.
Answers:
It's unfortunate that the dog has developed it so young. If you just got the dogs from a breeder I would suggest (I know you wont want to, I wouldn't either) taking the dog back or (what I would do) ask the breeder to pay for the surgery. It's not something that just one day pops up, if the breeder says they didn't know you can get your vet to write up something along the lines that it's not a sudden condition and she sold the dog knowing it had the problem. I have an English bulldog that has a cherry eye (been operated on twice now with no luck, going to a specialist soon to try again...) and he seems to do fine even rough-housing with my other dog, it just looks horrible. Your dog WILL have to wear an E-collar but it won't be for 4 months. If you don't leave it on the whole time the stitches are in the cherry eye will reoccur and you will have to have surgery all over again.(not what happened in my dog's 2 cases but have seen it before)
Good Luck!
First of all, you will love your shih tzus! Mine is the best dog ever. He had a hard time potty training, but other than that, he's the best ever.
Second, as long as your vet has checked it out and said to wait, it will be just fine. You should be thankful that it is a simple fix - even if he has to wear a cone for a few weeks.
if they play and bite around the face, it will have to wear a collar...the dog won't mind nearly as much as you will...
I also have shih tzu! the vet recomended to clean his eye with warm water twice a day!
As horrible as it sounds, and as much as you probably don't want to hear this; If you bought it from a breeder or a pet shop, I suggest taking it back. Cherry eye is very very expensive to treat. You're looking at 500 dollars and up. And since the dog is so young, I assume you just got it. Really, consider taking it back.
Cherry eye just doesn't pop up over night, the breeder/pet shop probably knew the dog had it, and sold you it anyways. Also, I find it very strange that such a young small dog has cherry eye to begin with, it tends to be a large dog problem.

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