Partially Blind Perhaps?

[he'smyhero]

Last night my friend and I were discussing her dog- female staffy (X I think or otherwise extremely poorly bred), my friend has just returned from an overseas holiday and she was saying that her dog didn't recognise her until she was right in front of her and called her name. She was also saying that she will some times tap on the window when her dog is outside and while she responds (looks) it's as if she can't see her (I know when I do this with my dog's they will look straight at me and wag their tails etc). She is also very timid, won't approach anyone and is fearful of strangers and I've commented more then once on the colour of her eyes- they are a gorgeous pale chocolate colour.

Any is it possible she is partially blind?? She isn't even 2years old yet so it isn't related to age.

Is there a way to check her eye sight or any test that can be done?

My friend loves her dog very much and her being partially blind or having eye sight difficulties wouldn't be an issue.

[~Anne~]

She might be short or long sighted.... she might be partially blind.... she must be just dumb or non-reactive to visual clues.

Does she have any keratitis (brown on the whites of her eyes)?

I believe Pugs all have issues with seeing distances. We can walk almost right up to another dog beofre they realise there is one there when we are on walks...but, they are dumb as well so it doesn't help.

You can take her to a Vet who can do standard tests to check for any obvious physical sight issues, such as ulceration and damage to the cornea, and she can also be referred to a canine eye specialist.

Edited August 22, 2008 by PugRescueSydney

[Dogsfevr]

She needs to see an eye specialist who will do a proper eye exam to diagnosis any issues

[petmad]

cataracts are a definite possiblity even though shes only young, my dog began developing them in both eyes at approx 2yrs. he jus started running ino things (large things like parked cars). in my dog this must be in his genes, although often cataracts in young dogs is asscoiated with diabetes (if so it could be traeted), this is an easy test doen by the vets with a pee sample but a good indication is if the dog drink excessivly.

[Her Majesty Dogmad]

Dogs have many similar eye problems to people - glaucoma, cataracts, dry eye amongst other things. Best thing is to see an eye specialist - there is one at Carlingford Untreated dry eye can cause blurry vision for example.

Dogs with eye issues can find meeting other dogs very threatening so until your friend knows what it is, she is best avoiding off leash exercises and intros to other dogs that might startle her.

[kymbo]

Without being an alarmist, my dog started behaving strangely, but not consistantly, when he was about 2 1/2. As it turns out, he was in the early stages of PRA, as it affects the short? rods first, hence his night vision went first...but this also meant that on cloudy days/ dusk/ darkish areas he couldn't see very well. We firsat really noticed it when we were playing ball with him and he started not being able to see where the ball went or find it. I thought it was either sight or smell, but because it was so inconsistant, it was hard for me to tell what was wrong, only that there was 'something'

He also had trouble looking thru glass ( reflections maybe?) and recognising people until they talked ( again only really when the lighting was bad)

I agree with ^^ and best bet is to see a vet/specialist.

Best of luck!