LucyDDB
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Lucy is our 7 month old DDB. I'm getting concerned about a couple things that keep recurring with her and was hoping for some insight.
First let me say, we've been to the vet. I'm not really excited about this vet. He seems pretty blasé about everything we take Lucy in for. First it was spotty hair loss.. wasn't mites. We determined by ourselves that it was the local "premium brand" dog food we were giving her. Switched to Royal Canin and she's got her hair back.
On one visit almost 2 months ago, our vet noticed a few dark dots on Lucy's belly. He said this was normal. They looked like raised Sharpie dots. So we let those come and go, but now she seems to have more of these pimples, and they aren't black anymore. They are all over her belly. It's not bothering her in the least. No itching. They can be as small as a pen tip or sometimes larger like pencil eraser size. They are simply red. Nothing ever seems to come from them like you would expect from a pimple. I wash her bedding with gentle detergent. We are leaving for a trip next week. Should I take her in again? Has anyone else had trouble with this?
The next issue we've been dealing with for a while now. I noticed several months back that occasionally one of Lucy's pupils would get smaller than the other. Took her to vet, could never get a decent picture of what I was seeing with her and he just couldn't understand what I was explaining (UGH, Language barrier!). So we did a round of eye salve... then a stronger eye salve when her third eyelid would start covering the small pupiled eye. We ran the 7 days of eye salve, and now at least once every week, she is still getting the small pupil/third eyelid visible. We use the salve when this happens. Any thoughts? It has been primarily one eye, but on one occasion it did move to the other eye.
I was prompted to write this tonight because we went for a long walk and were standing in the kitchen and after a little more than a week with healthy looking eyes, one eye started getting the tiny pupil again. Am I looking at allergies?? Something worse?We are genuinely concerned for her. It doesn't seem to itch or anything but she just looks miserable.
I apologize for the rambling. It seems all put together in my head and then I sit down to type and it feels scattered. Here's the best picture I have of the eye issue.
Thanks in advance!
Beth
First let me say, we've been to the vet. I'm not really excited about this vet. He seems pretty blasé about everything we take Lucy in for. First it was spotty hair loss.. wasn't mites. We determined by ourselves that it was the local "premium brand" dog food we were giving her. Switched to Royal Canin and she's got her hair back.
On one visit almost 2 months ago, our vet noticed a few dark dots on Lucy's belly. He said this was normal. They looked like raised Sharpie dots. So we let those come and go, but now she seems to have more of these pimples, and they aren't black anymore. They are all over her belly. It's not bothering her in the least. No itching. They can be as small as a pen tip or sometimes larger like pencil eraser size. They are simply red. Nothing ever seems to come from them like you would expect from a pimple. I wash her bedding with gentle detergent. We are leaving for a trip next week. Should I take her in again? Has anyone else had trouble with this?
The next issue we've been dealing with for a while now. I noticed several months back that occasionally one of Lucy's pupils would get smaller than the other. Took her to vet, could never get a decent picture of what I was seeing with her and he just couldn't understand what I was explaining (UGH, Language barrier!). So we did a round of eye salve... then a stronger eye salve when her third eyelid would start covering the small pupiled eye. We ran the 7 days of eye salve, and now at least once every week, she is still getting the small pupil/third eyelid visible. We use the salve when this happens. Any thoughts? It has been primarily one eye, but on one occasion it did move to the other eye.
I was prompted to write this tonight because we went for a long walk and were standing in the kitchen and after a little more than a week with healthy looking eyes, one eye started getting the tiny pupil again. Am I looking at allergies?? Something worse?We are genuinely concerned for her. It doesn't seem to itch or anything but she just looks miserable.
I apologize for the rambling. It seems all put together in my head and then I sit down to type and it feels scattered. Here's the best picture I have of the eye issue.
Thanks in advance!
Beth
