Pannus - Page 2

I agree, that's interesting Hukka,

My boy 4 year old has Pannus, started at 2 1/2 years of age.  He also has Eiko v Kirschental in his pedigree.

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/395749.html

Marsha Seck

I had a BYB GSD in Idaho who got pannus. No Kirschental in that boy whatesoever  :)

UV exposure is elevation dependent. At sea leavel, such as Sacratmento it's much less intense than at 4,600 feet. We treated our dog with two different kinds of eye drops daily, cyclosporin and dexa-something, and were told we could manage the disease easily that way. Or move to sea level. Which we did because life took a fortunate turn.

About 3 months after the move the panus went into remission. We had the occasional flareup where we'd put some drops in for a day or so but in general, we were pretty much rid of it. He died from the effects of DM when he was 2 months short of his 13th birthday with his eyesight fully intact.

Just wondering if anyone has used any kind of "eye viamins" to see if they might help. I know they claim that it can help with older eyes, as it helps with softening the age hardened refractory workings of the eye. 

Just curious..

Debby

ebinezer052899@yahoo.com

Never owned a Dog with Pannus, so i know little about it.

But could it be that a lot of Dogs over in the USA live indoors Meaning the house enviorment,

Could the dryness in the Air in a house  have anything to do with the problem , least ways could it aggravate it,

Just a thought

Steve

I don't know Steve1, one of the dogs I am talking about never left Slovakia, always outside dog. His son also outside dog and none lived in high altitude.

 How much does elevation and not just bright sun have to do with UV exposure?

It has alot to do with it. At 10,000 ft the sun is not filtered at anywhere near the same degree as at sea level. I've seen several dogs over the years (not mine) get pannus. It has always been related to the elevation, and ad to that most of them worked in the snow. Not a good combination for eyes.

Very interesting topic!  One that that has always puzzled me is that one of my girls was diagnosed with Pannus at 5 years.  She and her littermate sister developed it the very same summer when it was very dry and hot outside.  Both started having their eyes run and become filmy looking. The next thing, they starting having spots on the eyes.  Now, both of them are almost 11 years of age and neither of them has anything wrong with either eye.  One was treated with with ointments and the girl I kept was not.  I wanted to see what happened, and nothing did, the eyes got better.  I DID breed my girl before she had developed Pannus, I have her daughter here who is 6 and her grand daughter who is almost 2.  Neither of them have any problems (yet).  Am hoping for the best!

Peggy

gsdlvr2

Our elevation is approximately 800 feet and that is rounding up. I don't think it was an issue in our case. 

Thanks,

Darcy

 Darcy, maybe not in your case. Are you near water?

We used to live across the street from the largest inland lake in Wisconsin.  Basically the entire surrounding area was just a big swamp at one time.  Now we are further away.

I have been reading all these posts, but am wonderign why you ask if we were near water other than the low elevation. 

This particular dog has had many health issues and will probably not see her 7th year.

Darcy