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Toby has a very runny left eye. The right eye is perfectly dry but the left waters almost constantly. Any advice?????
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Thanks guys. I'll call right now. Poor Tobster. He sure is well-known at the vet.
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Toby's lower left lid was turned in...but only when he gets tense. We are trying drops first that will just relax the eye. ( I guess that is the reason it is worse if he is alone for awhile- misses us and gets tense) My dr. is great about using surgery only as a last resort. We'll see if the drops help him.....the little guy never complained of any discomfort and wagged that doodle tail the whole time dr. looked at it. LOVE my doodle..
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Drops don't seem to be helping at all. Has anyone else had an eyelid turn in? Is this prevalent in Labs? Curious about the surgery....... 
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Gabrielle, Thank you so much. Yes, that is exactly what Toby's dr. called it. The drops don't seem to be doing anything. I have been turning his lower lid back out frequently but he is starting to hate that. I will try to incorporate the eye work with the massage time. Thanks again for the help. I know how badly my eye has to be irritated before it waters like his is. I feel so sorry for him. The whole side of his face gets wet.
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Toby's dr. injected his eye this morning. It is supposed to cause scar tissue which will correct the entropian? It looks yucky. He doesn't seem to mind at all. But he sure does look like a losing boxer. Hope this straightens it out.
Hope this straightens it out.
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Oh goodness Vicky, it did look dreadful but Toby acts as though it didn't even happen. His eye is turning out right for now and it doesn't even look bad anymore (day 2). They sedated him and stuck that needle with ??? in his lower lid and then while he was sleeping numbed it as well. All together I guess she stuck him 6-8 times. Do you know that that baby woke up wagging his tail?!? Let's just hope this works and we don't still have surgery ahead.
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Just wanted to lean a little. Toby is in surgery right now. Having the entropian corrected in both eyes. My poor baby......
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I am going to the vet's right now....they still haven't called me :? I'll let you all know how the baby is doing.
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Well they want to keep him over night. He did very well in surgery but woke up very groggy and then they gave him an antihistamine for his poor little itchy leg in hopes that would further calm him as well. Dr. K. thought that seeing me and moving about would cause him to get back in his doodle mood too soon. So.....I have left him for the first time in his life. The good news is that Toby loves to go to the dr. and really likes it there- go figure. I'll update tomorrow. Thanks for letting me whine.
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Well Jac, I have a most unusual baby. I went to the vet the very first thing this morning to bring him home.....they want to keep him today to watch his bowel movement because he ATE his e-collar. :shock: The whole thing was GONE. While we were standing there talking there was a terrible commotion going on downstairs.....it was my Toby He had been given 2 stainless bowl with breakfast and was in an x-pen throwing the bowls!!!!! He didn't have a ball. Bottom line, Toby is on vacation and having a wonderful time-- now we have to worry about his belly again.
He had been given 2 stainless bowl with breakfast and was in an x-pen throwing the bowls!!!!! He didn't have a ball. Bottom line, Toby is on vacation and having a wonderful time-- now we have to worry about his belly again.
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Okay, Toby is home. He looks absolutely pitiful. Like a boxer (fighter not dog) after a fight. Both eyes are swollen and have stitches under them. The vet was uncomfortable putting another e-collar on him :?: but she sent one home with him for me to use. NOT! :lol: He doesn't even seem to notice his poor old eyes. He hasn't rubbed them at all, so I see no need to try another collar. Yes, keywee, every crumb. I have to put ointment in both eyes 2xdaily and he HATES it. Hopefully, the eye saga will be over soon- stitches out in 7-10 days. Newest ailment, he has a patch of skin on his leg that isn't growing hair. The scraped it, but I don't know the results yet. Good thing this little man has such fun at the doctor, huh? What a very happy boy. Thank you all for being there for us.
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Jacque, It's funny you should say the trooper thing...that's his nickname. He is a trooper. I can't help but wonder about the other 5 or 6 littermates........glad I have you guys.
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Update.. it appears Toby's eye surgery was a success. He hasn't rubbed them at all and they are healing very quickly. I should post a pic of his "Rocky Balboa" look. Still don't know about the skin irritation.
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No mange mites!!!! Hip hip hooray! Maybe Toby's life will be a bit easier from this point on.
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