Posted: 19.04.10 09:32. Title: Blind puppies

Just out of curiosity....
How many breeders has had puppies that where born blind??
The reson that I ask, is that in my last litter (Cessna C-litter) I had a puppy that was totally blind.
I'm just curious if there is sombody else that has experienced this.

 Posted: 19.04.10 13:59. Title: I am sorry for your..

I am sorry for your sweet boy, I read it at your homepage...
but I do not know of blind puppies so far (means not much, as I do not know everybody and everything )
I wish you good luck with finding out more about that and hope that your new litter has more kuck, as I saw that the parents eyes are also not totally clear.

 Posted: 19.04.10 17:11. Title: So sad :sm51: Pers..

So sad Personally, I have never experienced this case. By the past, when I bred Roughs, I have had some CEA affected pups but they never became blind. And I have had 2 pups CEA affected in my first smooth litter in 2008 but very slightly.

I wish you a better future for your next litters

Best regards,
Françoise

 Posted: 19.04.10 19:21. Title: Interesting case Rox..

Interesting case Roxinas. Did the vet examine the puppy to find out what caused the blindness?

 Posted: 19.04.10 21:07. Title: The Vet discovered t..

The Vet discovered thet he had Mild CRD, Left eye with Colobom and the right eye had a micropapil.
But he thought that most likely it was some malformation at the optic nerve or in the brain that caused the blindness.

 Posted: 20.04.10 09:22. Title: Sounds likely yes, I..

Sounds likely yes, I guess most of the time collies with coloboma don't go completely blind by it, depending on how big it is of course.

 Posted: 25.04.10 15:05. Title: I still think it'..

I still think it's strange that the eyevet didn't se the big coloboma when this dog was a little puppy, but saw that when he was 5 months old...

If it was my puppy I should have wanted a second opinion from another specialist.

If not how should we know in the future if we go to a vet and the puppy get very mild crd, and a couple of months later the same vet find a big coloboma... I don't get that.

 Posted: 26.04.10 20:22. Title: Well... as I said to..

Well... as I said to you before ...

It is'nt easy to see anything when the puppy doesn't co-operate at the eye exam...
told you that the first time when he was 7 weeks and you also now that it was 2 vetrinerians that checked his eyes when he was 5 month old.... one of them examinator and the other one an eye exam student, the saw the same thing, so why should I get a third oppinion?

The puppy was blind and that was what I was asking here... IF anybody else had experianced this.
/Fia

 Posted: 26.06.10 09:50. Title: My I ask you on the ..

My I ask you on the fate of that puppy? In the database is the date of his death - you let him sleep?
Thank you for answer.