Check out this page as it provides a number of different alternatives. I’m devastated because needs to remove the eye. My little 13 year old shih-tzu, Cocoa, developed a severe corneal ulcer overnight. If the pressure is at a reasonable level then you really should only be giving it the drops the vet has prescribed and then glycerin when the pressure has spiked. They are far more adaptable than humans are. Lola was sprayed by a skunk in the face. She wanted to do the eye removal surgery ASAP because Lola was in pain. My cocker had his eyes removed and he is doing amazing!!!!? He had corneal ulcers that wouldn’t go away, so he was required to have a flap surgery. I found a new vet, specialists, and confirmed she never had any liver problem. Glaucoma in dogs is a fairly common—but serious—condition. What I would like to ask is how long does it usually take for a dog to adjust to being blind. But at this point, I haven’t seen anyone else on this site who has a dog with glaucoma who also has cancer. I am curious to hear anymore what you found because it is frustrating not to know what is wrong. She went deaf a few years before that, and has had seizures since she was little. We tried laser surgery as well and they said the same thing, that they sight may return once the inflammation goes down. It is so expensive in the USA, and only $46 for two bottles of these eye drops from Canada. I have been trying to figure it out for the past 2 years. Do you know of a relationship between glaucoma and eye cancer? He has been on Glaucoma Meds for over three years. My view was if there appeared to be no joy left in the dog’s like, it could be the right time to put them down. So far He seems to be doing okay, and has some small vision, he I visited the vet 5 weeks ago and again 3 weeks later both times I was told that my 8 year old cocker had what looked like conjunctive infection. Was the cancer related to her eye? When we went back the Dr confirmed that she was blind & that she had glaucoma in her right eye. Two or three years ago, a couple brought their Cocker Spaniel to my office at 10 p.m. I just don’t want to see him hurting, because I can tell how much it bothers him. It looked exactly like this. Hi there for the past month and a half me and my fur baby suzie my 4 year old jack Russel has been back and forth to the Vets when we first went her r eye had swollen and she was in pain so I took her straight up to the Vets which said she had an eye infection. I’m wondering what you did and how it’s going now? Again there is no set time limit on this. Keep doing your research and good luck! Same for you? Hope all goes well Susan. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM Unfortunately, as I havent examined … Historically, glaucoma was identified as a disease in which the eye was firm or hard due to high eye pressure. I use to give him Ester’C’ gummies chopped up in his wet food, but our local stores no longer carry the gummie version. I recently caught up with a college friend of mine who had some really sad news about their 14-year-old Golden Retriever. It’s very early days yet for Pepper, but the one thing I can suggest is to not acknowledge him when he is showing signs of anxiety or fear. She wasn’t a pretty site. If your dog has consistent pressure readings above that and they aren’t relieved by medications then usually it means that the eye will need to be removed. Heart failure. In other words, when the pressure in the eye looked particularly bad. If yes, I have heard of it but I didn’t think it was something that dogs could get. They gave us about 4 different drops & some oral meds & said to come back in a week. I agree, that's exactly what happened to the dog I had growing up. Her eye seemed to decrease in size so we assumed that it was getting better. Glycerin is amazing stuff. My wife and I are having a really hard time coming to terms with the fact that she will most likely go blind within a year. Our choices were to remove the eyes, or put her down. I cannot wrap my head around removing my dog’s eyes. The DoggySaurus website works as a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We had to take her back a couple of days later for a check up and another vet seen her and said she looked fine but wanted to see her in another couple of days just to make sure the eye drops were working so we took her back and seen yet another vet which told us that her retener had detached from her eye and they would need to speak to a specialist which they when in the back and did they came back and said they have advised eye drops and regular appointment for pressure tests on her eyes which we have done every week and one vet we see she keep telling us to have my fur baby’s eye taken out I’ve fought this and spoke to a senior vet vet which has agreed with me and my husband that she is not in pain and she is happy at present she is on 2 different eye drops at the minute and is back at the vets on Wednesday again do you think the glirciren would work for suzie to help lower the pressure. Or does this red bulging remain? It hurts me to hear this tough situation, best wishes . However, you need to ensure you give the right type as some forms of vitamin C can be a little harsh on a dogs stomach. if I get the pressure down will she still be in pain? It goes like this, the person finds out there dog has glaucoma and they find out that eventually the dog will go blind, have eyes removed etc, they are devastated, they may cry for days and feel sorry for their dog. You might not even notice your dog has glaucoma at first, perhaps only noticing when your dog starts to bump into things. I have bottle of the tablets, but he doesn’t do well with taking them and spits them out even though I wrap them in a piece of Turkey lunch meat. The most common sign that something is wrong with your dog’s eye is what’s called an elevated third eyelid. My vet was sure he was blind and was afraid his eye might rupture so she wanted to remove the eye ASAP. Dogs with glaucoma, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease should avoid Benadryl, as it can worsen their condition. Glaucoma is serious and the medications supplied by your vet can get get the pressure down quite quickly and help to reduce the pain. It wouldn’t help, she would pace the house for sometimes hours after that in fear. Again the eye will eventually have to be removed. Even with treatment your dog is likely to have bouts of pain depending on the level of pressure in the eye. I don’t have any sources sadly as I never thought I’d come to a day where my companion would run into the symptoms. I’m trying my best to try a selvage a but of sight by reducing pressure Thanks in advance Cheryl. My vet attributed it to allergies too!!! My parents influenced me to put my dog to sleep when they put their dog down. I have a friend owho has a 8 lb Chihuahua and he had to have one of his eyes removed because the pressure was too great and he was in pain. We went back today and heard our pup has glaucoma with a pressure of 55 in his injured eye. I write about the things I've learned about owning a dog, the adventures we have, and any advice and tips I've picked up along the way. However, when it gets to the painful stage and leads to blindness and loss of eyesight, you might need to consider euthanasia. His L eye is going blind. Now, also consider that the sleeping a lot, peeing etc is because of the pain. We have almost an identical story… except our dog is not a shitzu, but a terrier mix. I couldn’t get any response from it when I was doing my own testing. The vet diagnosed conjunctivitis first but fortunately he said to come back the next day to get his boss (with more experience) to check it out.