Owners often don’t pay special attention to dog eye problems, but in fact, if the dog’s eyes are uncomfortable or even sick, it will affect the quality of life at best, or cause blindness at worst. Therefore, owners should protect their dogs as much as they protect their lives.

1. It is already sending out a signal - but you have to see it!

Eye problems are generally easy to detect. However, careless owners often make the mistake of thinking that as long as the dog eats well and does not have difficulty moving, it is not considered sick. Many times, it is this mentality that causes the owner to miss the initial signs of illness and delay a minor illness from becoming a serious illness.

Sickness Sign 1: Abnormal Tears

Tears are the liquid that helps the eyes stay moist. When the gray layer enters the eyes, tears are also used to clean the eyeballs and wash away foreign matter. Therefore, if you see your dog crying constantly, or even the color of the tears becomes cloudy, it means there is something wrong with the eyes.

Sickness Sign 2: Accumulation of eye mucus

When the eyes are inflamed, purulent secretions will be mixed with the tears, making the tears cloudy and sticky. As a result, it is difficult for tears to be discharged from the tear ducts regularly, and they will accumulate in the corners of the eyes, forming large lumps.

When a dog is not sick, he may have eye mucus just after waking up, but it will not be too much. In addition, in addition to eye problems, a large amount of eye droppings may also be caused by canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis or fever. However, in addition to eye droppings, these may also be accompanied by fever and other symptoms.

Sickness Sign 3: Swollen eyelids

If your dog’s eyes are inflamed, the eyelids may become congested, red, or even visibly swollen. If you carefully compare your dog's eyes, if there are obvious differences, especially if the two eyelids suddenly become different in size, it is likely that the eyelid that appears smaller has become swollen.

Sickness Sign 4: Red Eyes

Whether it is redness in the corners of the eyes, eyelids or whites of the eyes, it means there is something wrong with the eyes. This is mostly a problem of keratitis and conjunctivitis. If the dog's blood circulation is not good, the conjunctiva will also become congested. The identification method is very simple. Eyelid problems often only occur on one side. When the conjunctiva of both eyes is red at the same time, it should be suspected that it is caused by other problems.

Sickness Sign 5: Rub or rub your eyes

If a dog rubs his glasses on the wall or rubs his eyes with his paws, it means that he feels itching or pain around the eyes. Another type of rubbing may be caused by visual acuity.The power is weakened and the vision is unclear or even invisible. Eye inflammation, retinal disease, fundus hemorrhage, cataracts, and glaucoma may cause dogs to rub their eyes. When foreign matter such as gray layer enters the eyes, the dog will also feel awkward and rub its eyes.

Sickness Sign 6: Protruding or whitening

Protruding eyeballs in dogs are a sign of increased intraocular pressure, which may lead to glaucoma. When dogs suffer from glaucoma, their strength will decline and they will also feel severe pain. If white turbidity appears in a dog's black eyes, its strength will also decline. This is a manifestation of cataracts. Senile cataracts often appear after the age of 6, but puppies may also have congenital cataracts.