My puppy is four months and comes from excellent working lines and I paid top price for her. My objective is to breed her.
She has the looks and the temperament I want in a dog. I think she will make a good working dog. But she has a problem with the color of her eye. Her left eye has a white ring on the outside around the dark portion of her eye. When exposed to light, her eye looks like a marble. This is very evident during daytime. It looks normal when not exposed to light. My vet says she has no problem with her eyesight. But my vet cannot say if this will be true during her life time.
I got the puppy at 8 weeks. She has bonded very well with my family. The breeder is willing to take her back or replace her with a new puppy.
I would take her to an eye specialist and get their opinion and diagnosis on this. My younger dog has an eye appointment today to look at cholesterol deposits on his eyes. I feel they are getting bigger. If he can't help me then I will have him refer me an eye specialist from Purdue and get her opinion if that is truly what he has or if it's more serious like Pannus. My concern also is longevity of eye sight. Get the specialists opinion (if you can) and then make a decision if you are not comfortable yet with whether you need to give her back or not. And if you do get another pup make sure it's not a genetic thing that you'll run into later with the replacement pup. Have that one checked out as well. You didn't say if your vet told you what it is? I would get a confirmed diagnosis before I did anything. Good Luck
I do not have access to an eye specialist so that is ruled out. My vet says it is similar to huskies and dobes whose eyes have two colors.
Just talked to the breeder and I would like to add that he is a very respected breeder. This is the first time something like this has happened to a litter from the dam. He has mated the same sire and dam twice and had a total litter of 12 puppies and unfortunately only my puppy exhibited this problem.
I do not have access to an eye specialist so that is ruled out. My vet says it is similar to huskies and dobes whose eyes have two colors.
Just talked to the breeder and I would like to add that he is a very respected breeder. This is the first time something like this has happened to a litter from the dam. He has mated the same sire and dam twice and had a total litter of 12 puppies and unfortunately only my puppy exhibited this problem.
Mackie, Unless you take her to an eye vet she should not be bred. Having a dog with pannus, it sounds like what Auster has. Pannus starts on the outside of the cornea, Auster has a half moon of scar tissue on the botton of one of her corneas right now. Then the scar tissue grows larger and darker, until it blinds the dog and ocovers the entire eye. this will require medication for the rest of Auster's life (eye drops at least once a day, how fun!), and possible very expensive surgery to scrape off the scar tissue, which will just come back but at least give her some quality of life.
There is no way to tell over the internet if this is what you dog has or not, but pannus is so serious that it should not be messed around with under any circumstances.
Auster's breeder hadn't had any previous problems with pannus either, so you can't rule anything out that way.
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