Hi Tracie,
We’ve just committed to adopting a rescue English Pointer with cherry eye, don’t know how long she’s had it; looks like the surgical options can cause dry eye, popping it in and suturing it is the other option.
She’s 1, currently living at a trainers facility in the Central Valley. She and 18 other dogs were sent there for training by a breeder who disappeared. She’s been there for 3 months, getting fed but not getting any
training or exercise as the trainer was being given funds.Anyway — we’re going to pay him to train her for 2 months then bring her home in September, he’ll have her eye taken care of. I’ll send him CLO and instructions tomorrow, do you have any other thoughts for optimal outcome?
It’s a swollen tear gland — I certainly wouldn’t think of giving advice without a vet seeing it and deciding whether antibiotics or surgery is the best treatment. I also would not leave that dog 1 day with a trainer. I would get her to your home ASAP and acclimate her to living with real people in a nice home. You should do all her training yourselves with a professional at home to guide you. Please get that dog home as quick as you can. The more time she spends in an institutional setting, the harder it is to adapt to home life. Also, long-distance pre-trained dogs often have a lot of issues as THE DOG BIBLE explains — it is no way to teach a dog because you will never know how the outcome was achieved — and you & she will not be getting to know each other WHILE training, which is part of the process. Good luck with her!
–Tracie Hotchner
P.S. If you do not yet have THE DOG BIBLE and want to get it, I can send you an autographed copy or if you buy it elsewhere, I can send you an autographed bookplate to put in the front inscribed to her.?
The Dog Bible
