I just adopted a 1.5 yr old border collie last weekend. He has his first vet check today, but im curious if this is the "collie eye" i have read about. He appears to have a lazy eye. Like one eye will be looking straight, one looking to the side. I keep reading information about the collie eye, and it is talking about retinas and whatnot, and doesnt really explain how to identify this abnormality. Just curious if anyone knows if this is what it is...I know the vet will tell me (hopefully), but im impatient. Thanks!
2007-12-13 07:46:01 · 6 answers · asked by Jessica 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The link I have included gives information about Border Collie eye disorders. This is a good place to start reading up before you go see your vet today.
http://www.sheepdog.com/genetics/eyes.html
2007-12-13 07:52:08 · answer #1 · answered by Shadow's Melon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To get your Border Collie checked, talk to a qualified Board Certified Ophthalmologist and have your dogs screened. Looking for Collie Eye Anomaly in a Border Collie is something a vet is qualified to diagnose.
2007-12-13 07:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by Inseynium 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lazy eye usually refers to one eye that is week and does not function because the good eye takes the load of the work. In a human you close off the good eye with a patch and make the weak eye do it's job and strengthen.
#1 ask your vet ...that's why he makes the big bucks.
#2 check some of the dog web site and email a site that has border collies and ask them.
good luck
2007-12-13 07:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems retinal opathy and Collie eye are genetic problems inherited frequently by Collie types. Here is a site I found on the problem. Good luck with your pup!www.eyevet.info/collie.html
2007-12-13 07:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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