Glazed eye? - Page 2

I had a GSD with Corneal Dystrophy that he developed some months after eye surgery for cataracts, all the cornea was affected and it never went away. No injury although did require drops 10x day after surgery to prevent dry eye.

Wildmoor, one day I looked at Blitz and saw that he had corneal dystrophy. It seemed to happen overnight. 2  oval irridescent spots in each cornea. The vet confirmed the diagnosis. About 6, 7 months later, they disappeared almost as suddenly as they appeared.  According to Lanting, corneal dystrophy is fairly common in the breed and most cases resolve on their own as did Blitz's. No one really seems to know if there is a genetic component in this breed and  I believe that GSD's with corneal dystrophy are eligible for a CERF certification. All things considered, I guess it's not the worst thing that could happen to a dog.

Hi Blitzen, guess not unless like mine it occluded completely, a complete waste of time having the cataract surgery realy, as he was blind in that eye before surgery, 6mths later he was blind again. Not sure if it was result of the surgery or not, he was line bred (inbred) on two famous Ch English line dogs from the 70's, apart from bi-lateral cataracts he also had micro-phalmus ?spelling, he was initialy blind in one eye by the time he was 10mths old and partialy sighted in the other, adapted realy well, only problem I had was if the wind was in wrong direction for sent but I used to send another dog to collect him.

Pam

Pam, being relatively new to the breed,  got my first in 94, I've always wondered why more breeders don't talk about eye diseases and CERF their dogs prior to breeding them. Maybe not many GSD's have eye problems? I don't know either if dystrophy could result from cataract surgery.

A glazed eye may be to be a bruising.

UPDATE:   I got my bully to the vet today and it turned out that he had ulcers on both of his corneas due to a scratch that had happened possibly two weeks ago. The cloudy bluish grey haze i see is from the blood vessels coming forward { the vet used a term that I cant even pronounce} . Anyways, we got antibiotics for that. I have to seperate Rocky  my bulldog from our  Sarge my GSD, apparently they are playing to rough with each other. I knew sarge bit at Rocky's neck when they played trying to take toys from each other.  But I didnt know that he also left bite marks on his backside too.  I couldnt see it from the hair covering it.... im such a terrible mom.  So we had to get abx for the cuts on on him.

Thanks for everyones advice.  So anyone have advice on how to let your boys play without leaving holes in the skin??

GSDs play rough. They can do it with each other because they have thick fur and enough skin at the neck that being scruffed is not a big deal. With the short-haired single coated breeds you have to watch the dogs when they play with GSDs. I mean you have to watch them constantly and correct the GSD until he learns to be gentle. They are smart, they can learn this. But while your bully is healing, you should keep the dogs separated. When you introduce them again, watch them constantly when they are together.  I'm assuming here that keeping the two permanently separated is not an option for you, but if you can't watch them when they are together it probably should be an option.

Hi wdozier, glad you found out the cause and got treatment for it.

Hi Blitzen

The problem is its like many conditions within our breed, people are not open and honest enough about conditions within their lines.

There used to be a lot of discussion around Pannus in the 80's but you dont tend to hear of it now, again in the 70/80/early 90's there where quite a few cases of cataracts but in the majority of incidences it was hushed up, I only found out when I started asking questions when I had the dog with cataracts, but no one would go on record about it. In the UK eye test for HC are recommended by the KC but so few breeders do them, mainly the guidedog association and the odd other person.

I know the incidence of PRA is very low in the breed, but it is still there.

Pam

Pam,  did you  know that some forms of cataracts are precursors to PRA?

Blitzen, no I didnt, my dog with cataract was 10 when he was pts due to DM, although he was diagnosed as having them at birth, and got the corneal dystrophy in the eye that was operated on he didnt develop any further eye conditions. He did look strange the as 1 eye was bluish with the opacity and the other eye looked black due to the pupil being permenantly dilated.

Pam