All things Dogs

My working cocker has had a 4 week holiday which mainly consisted of beach running/ swimming and sleeping with us every night.

He's about to experience going back to sleeping in the lounge and field walks.

Will miss his snoring,so much nicer than the Wife's.
 
My brothers dog (Shih Tzu) woke up blind the other day. 2 years old, woke up and sight gone. But jeez its cutting me up, I cant imagine that happening to anyone and the impact. He just stands there trying to make sense of things, trying to understand people. shivering at first but he is getting used to it and now a few days later he is bouncing around happy with his toys and bones. It cheered me up seeing him because my bro and his mrs are pouring lots of love into him (Pep is his name btw), and hopefully his life will be happier, if thats possible.

Anuyway it got me thinking, how much will the dog know about it. Obvs at the time he noticed, but do they have a minds eye, will he remember his owners faces, will he remember the times he could see. Will he be conscious that he cant see whilst other can.

Someone help me make sense of it.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
My brothers dog (Shih Tzu) woke up blind the other day. 2 years old, woke up and sight gone. But jeez its cutting me up, I cant imagine that happening to anyone and the impact. He just stands there trying to make sense of things, trying to understand people. shivering at first but he is getting used to it and now a few days later he is bouncing around happy with his toys and bones. It cheered me up seeing him because my bro and his mrs are pouring lots of love into him (Pep is his name btw), and hopefully his life will be happier, if thats possible.

Anuyway it got me thinking, how much will the dog know about it. Obvs at the time he noticed, but do they have a minds eye, will he remember his owners faces, will he remember the times he could see. Will he be conscious that he cant see whilst other can.

Someone help me make sense of it.
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Sorry to hear about that. I can't answer any questions about about the dogs conscious thoughts but dogs rely far less on their eyesight than us, their sense of smell can and often does act as their primary sense. Will take a bit of adjustment but they'll still have a good life without sight. Still relatively easily trainable primarily with vocal commands and it will learn to get around by smell.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
My brothers dog (Shih Tzu) woke up blind the other day. 2 years old, woke up and sight gone. But jeez its cutting me up, I cant imagine that happening to anyone and the impact. He just stands there trying to make sense of things, trying to understand people. shivering at first but he is getting used to it and now a few days later he is bouncing around happy with his toys and bones. It cheered me up seeing him because my bro and his mrs are pouring lots of love into him (Pep is his name btw), and hopefully his life will be happier, if thats possible.

Anuyway it got me thinking, how much will the dog know about it. Obvs at the time he noticed, but do they have a minds eye, will he remember his owners faces, will he remember the times he could see. Will he be conscious that he cant see whilst other can.

Someone help me make sense of it.
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Thats terrible mate
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
My brothers dog (Shih Tzu) woke up blind the other day. 2 years old, woke up and sight gone. But jeez its cutting me up, I cant imagine that happening to anyone and the impact. He just stands there trying to make sense of things, trying to understand people. shivering at first but he is getting used to it and now a few days later he is bouncing around happy with his toys and bones. It cheered me up seeing him because my bro and his mrs are pouring lots of love into him (Pep is his name btw), and hopefully his life will be happier, if thats possible.

Anuyway it got me thinking, how much will the dog know about it. Obvs at the time he noticed, but do they have a minds eye, will he remember his owners faces, will he remember the times he could see. Will he be conscious that he cant see whilst other can.

Someone help me make sense of it.
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My dog is 11 and blind. It happened very suddenly 18 months ago. One day she wouldn't come down the stairs and I thought it was odd. I carried her down and offered her a treat but she couldn't see it in my hand. Anyway, after trips to the vet and the dog eye hospital I was told she has SARDS, sudden acquired retinal displacement syndrome.

She copes well but won't venture upstairs unless I carry her and bring her down. However, downstairs she's able to find her way around OK as long as we keep things in the same place. She independently wanders from the lounge to the kitchen for her water bowl, knows where the back door is and gets down the step into the garden. She finds her own way back in after she's had a wee on the grass. She's amazing and I adore her.
 
I’ve never had a dog. It’s not that I dislike them but they take a lot of looking after and need walking. In my dotage, I thought I might get a lab as I have so much more time now. Unfortunately, I can’t walk now so the dog will never materialise. Irony.
 
Had an Alsatian/collie cross many years ago. Mate got it and realised instantly it was the wrong thing to have a dog, so I took him. 10 amazing years with that beast.

Now I’ve took on step dad to my partners Morkie. It’s about 3/4 of a foot tall and on its lead with my 6’4 inch frame we look a right pair of twats. Love her to bits. She thinks she’s my height.
 
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