You need to get this pup to a canine eye specialist asap. He/she will perform a "corneal grid" to encourage faster and much better healing. I had this done to my older Lab many years ago when he had a non healing ulcer. He got sand whipped in his eye and it cause quite the ulcer. I wasted time on my regular vet going back and forth and doing different antibiotics. The corneal grid saved his eye from becoming scarred and it healed perfectly. Only a canine opthomologist can do this. I am close to Cornell, so I am lucky. You can save this puppy from having a lifelong issue if you head this advice. I will add that my dog's ulcer healed within 2 weeks after the grid was performed and it was a quick procedure.
I have a bitch who injured her eye. her eye was watery and bluish...my vet said eye was dying, and would need to be removed, I took her to opthamologist, he did emergency surgery, removed a piece of grass over an inch long, which penetrated the lens. had her on topical and oral antibiotics, and it healed perfectly...her vision was not altered, she has scarring in her eye , but CERF's every year. so, go to opthamologist!!!
A vet who knows about this can tack the eyelid back so that the cornea can heal. Dr Rubin did it for one of mine years ago. He just sutured it back so that the lid does not touch the eye. The cornea healed very quickly. No need to remove the eye by doing this. See an eye specialist. Or have the vet talk to a specialist on how do do this. best of luck
Eye was "well on the way to being fully healed" per optometrist. We switched off of gentamycin eye ointment because it constricts blood vessels and blood flow. Optometrist put pup on simply neomycin, polysporin drops twice a day and an eye lubricant once a day. Optometrist stopped the plasma drops saying eye was well on the way of healing. The most interesting part to me is that the eye may look cloudier during the healing process and we may visibly see blood vessels appear while it heals.
Glad to hear the eye was healing! I'm thinking because this was a puppy and not an older dog the healing was easier. Yes the eyes will look worse before they get better when healing from an ulcer. I also was instructed to use only an ointment for lubrication and no antibiotic. The antibiotics were making my dog's eye worse. He squinted terribly from them. Once I used only the Puralube after the corneal grid, the eye turned the corner. Let us know when the pup's eye is all back to normal!
