Sore Eye

[dancinbcs]

Thanks for all the advice guys.

Dancinbcs, yeah she is a red merle, to be honest I didn't even have merle in my mind when I went to look at her litter, there were some merles and some red tris, but she was just the sweetest thing I had to choose her

It's true though, a lot of people are fascinated by merles, we get comments all the time about her.

I'll just have to be on my toes, I'm already careful with her because she has a butterfly nose with quite a bit of pink so I try to keep her out of the sun as much as I can.

But again, thanks everyone

The nose is probably more of a concern than the third eyelid. If you are prepared to keep her out of the sun because of the nose then you shouldn't have any problems with her eyelids.

Glad to hear that you chose the "right puppy" regardless of colour rather than buying her just because of her colour.

[luvsdogs]

That's why I choose pets with dark faces & noses. Very conscious of it with cats. Have known a couple of white cats that had their ears removed to cancer. April had a sore come up on her nose when she was about 3. I asked the vet if it could be sun cancer & she said unlikely at that age. It finally healed up after extensive treatment & eventually the little bit of pigment she had under the white hair on her nose spread with age & no more problems. Until then I always used sunscreen on her nose. Tilba only has a little pink patch under the white hair on her nose so hoping it will do the same.

I think it would be a real problem with dogs etc that don't have any pigment around their eyes, only pink skin.

Glad to hear there was nothing serious with her eye.