As many of you know, I have dogs too. One of them is a very sweet Norwich Terrier that I have had since she been three years old. I adore her. If I could have a herd Norwichs I would do so. She is 14 now and is in excellent health but, I have noticed that her eyesight has changed. She fell down my stairs once and in the evening on walks has a very tough time discerning sidewalk curbs. She puts on her brakes and then leaps from a distance onto the sidewalk. So, I thought she should go to an eye doctor. Thankfully, in the Bay Area there are a few ocular specialists and I had her examined. It turns out that her retina is OK, she does have a very little cataract which really is not responsible for this change. The pressure of her eyes is perfect and she doesn’t have Glaucoma. So, what is going on here?

Nellie, needs glasses. I had no idea that there is an exam to to determine refractory status. The opthalmalogist said that many agility dogs, service, search and rescue and even military dogs have an eye exam to determine their vision i.e. near and far sightedness. WHO KNEW?  That these dogs may wear contact lenses and even Doggles with prescriptions in them. WHO KNEW?

I know that this is not grooming related but, I was so blown away that I wanted to share it on my blog.