My Dog =(

You cannot understand how much I LOVE MY DOG. My dog has been there for me through EVERYTHING. And I honestly mean it. I've spoken to him about so much things that not even my friends know. Not even things that I've stated here on my blog. Thats how close I am with him. He listens and he doesn't talk and for some reason I tend to just think more clearer when I speak to him. And this morning I noticed his left eye was shut. So I figured it was that stuff you get when you sleep. So I whipped it off and his eye was still shut. I didn't understand so I got a tissue and I whipped it off a bit more and then his eye opened up a bit. Figured there might have been something stuck in his eye. A few hours later during dinner my sister comes up to me and says that Simsek' (shimshek - my dogs name) eye is closed. Then I started to worry and explained it to her. After dinner we went out side and he acts normal, I guess. I couldn't really tell cause he's been really tired lately. Mind you he's 13 years old and he's a big dog, Pure German Shepherd bread. So him being that old and not full energetic is fine but he always is. Again I noticed his eye was closed and more stuff was leaking from what it seemed. So i got tissue and I whipped it clean and he opened up his eye again. I looked at it closer and it I couldn't see any of his white sections when he would look away. Compared to his right eye his left seemed as if it was 'bloodshot'. You know when you eye goes big and all. So I went inside (after washing my hands with detol) and searched up "dogs eye infected." into google. Read as much that his eye was obviously infected and he could have " Dog Conjuctivitis (Dog Pink Eye) " =(. Once I read that my heart sank. What could happen is that he could go blind =( with the eye thats infected.


There is a cure for it and I did the first step at least but tomorrow I'm going to try and get some of these products that it mentions (I'll post it below).

Treatment for Dog Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is usually treated with medicated (antibiotic) eye drops. These are administered several times a day and will lead to a dog conjunctivitis cure. In addition, the cause of the conjunctivitis must be treated. This may mean oral antibiotics will be prescribed, or allergy medication given.

An approach you can try at home is to clean the discharge from your dog's eyelids. Wet a soft, clean cloth or cotton ball with lukewarm water, squeeze it out and gently wipe away the discharge from around each eye that is affected. Repeat twice a day or as often as needed. You can also try a scrub such as an over the counter eye scrub such as Eye Clear. Eye scrubs are pH-balanced and may cause less stinging than water.

Another approach is to help your dog shed some tears. Eye scrubs help keep the lids clean, you'll also want to wash the surface of the eye. A good way to do this is with artificial tears, which can help wash away particles that may be causing the problem.

For added relief try applying a compress. Covering your dog's eyes with a damp, warm compress can be soothing. Apply for 5 minutes. Rinse the cloth first is applying to more than one eye.

Grooming can help prevent eye irritations by keeping hair out of the eye. Hair around the corners of the eye can cause canine conjunctivitis. Brushing the hair away from the eyes can help as well.

=( so my dog is sick! and I need to heal him up as soon as possible! I now understand why mothers are so caught up in their children's well being. Its just hurtful... =( Love you Simsek <3 best friend in the world!