Hi! Firstly because I know a lot of people will recommend a vet without even reading my question: we HAVE seen a vet for this. She is usually great, but didn’t have an answer for us this time and said she could recommend an ophthalmologist if we wanted. She wasn’t too concerned about the issue.
My puppy (9 mo, M golden) wakes up every morning with incredibly goopy eyes. It started when he came down with pink eye in one eye, which we fully treated. Since then, he’s woken up every day with eye boogers in both eyes instead of just one one— the largest, wettest ones I’ve ever seen on a living creature (you’re welcome for the imagery). I’ve had dogs my whole life and never seen this. Additional vet appt confirmed it is no longer pink eye, but she wasn’t sure that it was allergies either. Zyrtec seemed to help, but she told us not to give it to him long term.
We thought that possible allergies could be due to changing seasons but it’s been a couple of months at this point. Any suggestions for how to help resolve if you’ve experienced with your pup? Wondering if new food might help, but I thought that was more for skin allergies and stomach issues. Would it be worth it to take him to a dog ophthalmologist and see if it’s a structural issue? Because it’s a bilateral problem and not one eye, and he’s not a breed inclined to eye issues, we don’t expect that it’s a physiological problem. We love our dog fiercely but would prefer not to spend the money on a non-emergent issue that isn’t much of a real bother if we don’t have to, and he hasn’t seemed bothered. Thoughts? TIA!
My puppy (9 mo, M golden) wakes up every morning with incredibly goopy eyes. It started when he came down with pink eye in one eye, which we fully treated. Since then, he’s woken up every day with eye boogers in both eyes instead of just one one— the largest, wettest ones I’ve ever seen on a living creature (you’re welcome for the imagery). I’ve had dogs my whole life and never seen this. Additional vet appt confirmed it is no longer pink eye, but she wasn’t sure that it was allergies either. Zyrtec seemed to help, but she told us not to give it to him long term.
We thought that possible allergies could be due to changing seasons but it’s been a couple of months at this point. Any suggestions for how to help resolve if you’ve experienced with your pup? Wondering if new food might help, but I thought that was more for skin allergies and stomach issues. Would it be worth it to take him to a dog ophthalmologist and see if it’s a structural issue? Because it’s a bilateral problem and not one eye, and he’s not a breed inclined to eye issues, we don’t expect that it’s a physiological problem. We love our dog fiercely but would prefer not to spend the money on a non-emergent issue that isn’t much of a real bother if we don’t have to, and he hasn’t seemed bothered. Thoughts? TIA!
Thank you!!