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"she got a piece of bark or something in her eye."

Do you have any "something" in your yard?

We had 2 doxie's - 1 of which had back problems. Advice - limit the amount of steps they go up and down, teach them to let you lift them on and off the sofa and bed if you allow them up and do not encourage them to stand on their hind legs as many dogs do when trained to do tricks. Make sure they get excercise to keep muscles toned to help eliminate back stress AND DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE OVERWEIGHT! Ours had 2 episodes where he couldn't walk , our vet immediately gave cortisone with a surgical shunt because of the small veins as it was imperative to stop the swelling so that spinal cord was not damaged. Within a week he was walking again although he had a funny gait after the 2nd time. Our vet would take us the minute we called and the minute we walked in the door if it was a back problem. If your vet doesn't seem very up to date on the conditions of these dogs where the back is involved, I would look for someone with more experience with them. Ours was a rescue who lived in a kennel for 7-8 years and the sudden exercise cause the 1st episode as his muscles and back were not used to being able to walk let alone run. The 2nd was caused by a child tackling him trying to catch him. It is very painful for them and heartbreaking for you when they have to go thru this stuff. Hope the eye heals and you have no further problems.

Jake cost us about a grand a few weeks back when he had the swollen throat issue. Still don't know what caused it, but he's fine now. Our bloodhound cost us THOUSANDS with everything he did! But ya love 'em any way.

We have been taking our Dog and cat to two different Vets. One about thirty miles east is cheaper and more in tune with dogs. The other one thirty miles south is cheaper on cats.
On heart worm treatment, initial, and stay in his kennel and meds he was a third of the guy south of us and about the same margin as the fellow who grew up next door to us. All fine Vets but there is a spread in treatment prices of a lot.
One across the mountain just got a big mobile hospital, or whatever, for horses and cattle and a smaller vehicle for maybe all animals. I bet he has a loan office inside.

BuckBarker wrote:
"she got a piece of bark or something in her eye."

Do you have any "something" in your yard?

Doxies like to root out underground animals and vermin. It's what they were bred to do. Most likely she was acting on her instincts and going after a mole or similar.

glad to hear the eye is going to be ok...

If it's just a tiny piece a wood, she could've been rooting under a fence, the edge of a shed, even possibly around a tree. I'm glad she has a good prognosis. Many years ago, we had a totally indoor cat that ran outside when a kid came in. She had no experience with the great outdoors and darned if she didn't run straight into a rosebush! She drove a rose thorn completely inside one of her eyes. I could see it like an object in a snow globe. To my amazement, our old country vet not only got the thorn out, but saved the cat's vision. Kitty's name was Trouble and not without reason. :E

I'm glad your doxie is okay.

A couple of weekends ago we spent several hrs at the e-vet (our 4th e-vet visit this year) because one of Nell's eyes had gotten swollen and wasn't getting better on its own. We figure she got weed seeds in her eye while gathering sheep from a pasture with tall weeds. Fortunately her cornea was not damaged. Five days of eye ointment and she was all better.

Years ago one of my wife's dogs got a thistle spine stuck in her eye ball (while out gathering sheep from a pasture with tall thistle). The spine went in just to the iris but did not scratch the iris.

Mark