>>>> Sure, it some times doesn't show up till the pup is a little older but that is no reason for breeders to shrug off their responsibility to stand behind the pups they put out in the world.<<<<
Which might also be another reason to stop standing 7 and 8 month old Baby boys at stud.
In our entropian case., we used 2 different champions on our 2 girls I bred at the same time..days apart. There was never a history of entropian in my lines. These champion boys were older, owned by other breeders. Who knows why it happened the way it did.
I have seen quite a bit of entropion develop in that age group... what many describe as the "pin head" group.
From what I've seen (a couple of service dog organizations- mostly labs/goldens/GDS's, and local breeders of various breeds), the condition can often self-correct as the skull broadens and takes up some of the "slack" or loose skin around the puppies' heads. This isn't always the case, but it would definitely be worth a shorter anesthesia and quick easy procedure to put in a couple of little tacking sutures to pull the haired skin of the lid away from the corneal surface (for comfort) while waiting for that head to mature and broaden a bit. Entropion surgery may never need to be done- it can be a transient problem (ie- not permanent, only happening during certain stages of growth).
