Hello Everyone,
I've heard of this happening but never seen it until yesterday. I went to groom an older Shih Tzu and noticed when I put her on the table her eye was swollen shut. I thought maybe it was just allergies and "gunk" so I got a moist cotton swab and cleaned it up a bit. Puss started pouring out, I could not even see her eye in there. Immediately back in the house and the owner took her to the vet. I called last night to see how she was doing and the owner said the eye had ruptured and they had to remove it. Poor baby. Anyway, I know the breeds w/large protruding eyes are prone to these problems...my question is this: Whenever I groomed this dog her topknot was always too tight. I would try to gently encourage the client not to make it so tight. Do you think this may have contributed to the eye rupturing? I'm wondering if I should have tried harder to convince them not to make it so tight. Thanks for any input/experience you have with this.
I've heard of this happening but never seen it until yesterday. I went to groom an older Shih Tzu and noticed when I put her on the table her eye was swollen shut. I thought maybe it was just allergies and "gunk" so I got a moist cotton swab and cleaned it up a bit. Puss started pouring out, I could not even see her eye in there. Immediately back in the house and the owner took her to the vet. I called last night to see how she was doing and the owner said the eye had ruptured and they had to remove it. Poor baby. Anyway, I know the breeds w/large protruding eyes are prone to these problems...my question is this: Whenever I groomed this dog her topknot was always too tight. I would try to gently encourage the client not to make it so tight. Do you think this may have contributed to the eye rupturing? I'm wondering if I should have tried harder to convince them not to make it so tight. Thanks for any input/experience you have with this.
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