Dogs lose their eyesight as they age. So what can you do to protect your dog’s eyesight?

Certain dogs with large eyeballs and large lacrimal gland secretion often shed a lot of tears from their eyes, making the hair below the corner of the eye discolored, such as Pekingese, Chihuahua, Shih Tzu, Poodle, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to check the dog’s eyes frequently. When the dog suffers from certain infectious diseases (e.g. canine distemper, etc.), especially when suffering from eye diseases, it often causes redness and swelling of the eyelids, and there is a lot of mucus or purulent secretion in the memory of the corners of the eyes, which should be carefully treated and cared for.

　　The method of protection is: with 2% boric acid cotton balls (also available cool boiled water) from the inner corner of the eye outward gently wipe, not in the eyes back and forth, a cotton ball is not enough, can then change a, until the eyes will be scrubbed clean. After scrubbing, some dogs, such as Sharpei, often due to excessive wrinkled skin on the head, and make their eyelashes inverted. Inverted eyelashes can irritate the eyeballs and cause blurred vision, conjunctival inflammation, and cloudy corneas. One way to do this is to ask your veterinarian to do the surgery, and then put eye drops or ointment in the dog’s eye to eliminate the inflammation.

Remove part of the eyelid (similar to a person’s double eyelid facelift). Another method is to remove the inverted eyelashes with tweezers. The inverted eyelashes of Shar-Pei are hereditary, so when buying one, in addition to checking its pedigree, you should also find out whether its parents have the disadvantage of inverted eyelashes.