Poodle eyes

Re: Poodle eyes

Robert Lowe — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:11:11 GMT

[quote user="Busybee"]We have also tried vaseline which hasn't appeared to have helped.[/quote]

Sudocream

Re: Poodle eyes

Busybee — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:53:33 GMT

Thanks all!

This is a more radical clip than we've gone with before so hopefully it will help. However, the dog would have to be sedated every time for further clipping as neither we nor the owners can safely do it conscious.

We have also tried vaseline which hasn't appeared to have helped.

Unfortunately, in this case, the owners appear to be on board for the first few weeks then get lax - run out of Maxitrol, stop bathing the eyes daily etc -then I see it a few more weeks down the line when it's in this state.

Re: Poodle eyes

Anthony Todd — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:09:10 GMT

[quote user="Joyce Whitehead"]clipping the face around every 4-6 weeks[/quote]

Close clip the area first; the discharge is a buildup surely?

Why not do the obvious first, it may only be irritation from hairs irritating the cornea?

Or an anatomical defect so that the tear ducts don't drain the tears.

[quote user="Joyce Whitehead"]regular application of some thing like Vaseline to protect the skin from the tears.[/quote]

Sounds like a good easy cheap obvious first step too.

Re: Poodle eyes

Stephen Courtney — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:33:21 GMT

I agree with Joyce, and would add that the dogs i have seen that kept getting this problem tended to have owners who were too busy or too lazy or too filleted to do the necessary maintenance cleansing to prevent it in the first place - that is hardly an acute presentations, surely?

Re: Poodle eyes

Joyce Whitehead — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:05:59 GMT

I agree biopsy might be sensible, but I'd also be advising clipping the face around every 4-6 weeks and regular application of some thing like Vaseline to protect the skin from the tears.

Re: Poodle eyes

Richard Huddart — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:52:21 GMT

Looks like this needs biopsy to me. Differentials of sebaceous adenitis, immune mediated blepharitis,(usually GSDs), or cutaneous pyoderma spring to mind.

Re: Poodle eyes

Utlendigur — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:48:16 GMT

I had a scottie that used to get the same problem - huge amounts of painful crusty discharge and ulceration, rest of skin fine. Eventually biopsied it and it turned out to have demodex.