[Jac]

LeeBeth, I am sooooo sorry to read this! I hope and pray that this operation will ease Toby's discomfort and get him well on his way to a quick and full recovery!
I missed this thread...I am sorry, I would have written sooner to offer my support.
We are all here for you!
Please let us know how he is doing and what the doctor says about the surgery.
Hugs from our entire doodle family!

 

[Jac]

Oh, LeeBeth! That is soooooo hard! I remember the first time I had to leave Lexie over night at the vet...I was not expecting to, I thought they'd look at her and send her home with me, but they said to come and get her the next day...I went home, cried and cried! Then I gathered up all of her toys and blankets and went back to the vet and asked them to be sure that she had them...I was heartbroken...so I know how hard this is on you! I am very sorry.
It is good that Toby loves the vet!
People say that it is good to kennel your dog regularly so that they get used to it, but I just can't bring myself to do it. It is harder on us than it is on them, for sure!
Hugs to you and to Toby...I look forward to hearing that he is recovering well...at home!

 

[Jac]

He ate the whole collar???!!! :shock: :shock:

Oh, my goodness!

I can understand the bowl toss! My dogs would do that...and, you know, I think that my dogs would eat the e-collar too, if they could get to it!

What a guy!!

Sooooo...how's his eye? :lol:

Hugs to you and Toby!

 

[Jac]

Well, LeeBeth you and Toby are real troopers! I am so happy that he is home. I hope his healing is speedy and complete...and that the skin test comes back negative.
If Toby does need the e-collar, you could try putting some yuck stuff gel (yep, that is really the name) on it...it is like bitter apple only it won't hurt wounds and is non-toxic. So, if it does get on his e-collar and he gets it in his sores or eats it, it won't hurt him! (Plus let's hope he won't like the flavor!)

 

[Jac]

That is funny!
We are glad you found us too, LeeBeth!

 

[Jac]

Bless his heart...I am so glad that he is doing better...thanks so much for posting the updates...we are all thinking about you and Toby!

 

[Jac]

Martha, thanks for bring this topic back...it is an important one and I know what you are going through. We had a pup with entropic eyelids ...had to have surgery... we also had to make breeding choices that were hard...but necessary.

I pray that all goes well for your puppy and his new family.

It is sort of funny reading through this though...hahahaha...I have learned a LOT in these years...and I would not give the same answers or advice now as I did then....wow, I don't know if I dare check out other old posts!

 

[Jac]

Your pup will be fine and as tough as it is to have the surgery, it was not too bad for our boy. The hardest part was the e-collar for so long...you can't have them scratching their eyes! (and you have to leave it on quite a while)

We didn't place our boy until after his surgery so we didn't have to worry about anyone backing out because of it...but you are right, in the grand scheme of things, if there has to be a genetic flaw, this is not too horrible. Uncomfortable, yes, but not horrible...it is fixable, not life threatening, no long-term meds, etc.

Still, we hate to have our babies hurting...

One thing that we learned was that sometimes they eye, because it is open much of the time (can't properly blink) gets more dirt in it. We take straight saline solution (inexpensive) and squirt it right into the eye to rinse out dust and dirt...then follow up with the eye meds, but not always the meds because they can make dirt and dust collect too...so, we regularly rinsed and wiped it with a sterile gauze pad.