Reason being is because this condition is gradual, they have time to get used to it and because no pain is involved... unless they get glaucoma as a secondary condition (which will present a multitude of other challenges).
Well every couple of weeks I notice Bella squinting her blind eye, which is a sign of pain. I'm told if it continues and happens frequently that she needs checked, yet again, because her lens may be tilting forward and causing pain. I find myself constantly looking at her to make sure she's okay. Will I ever not be worried?
She was playing like her normal self all afternoon when I got home from work and at this point she seems unaffected by being partially blind.
Except I remember, in hindsight, that at night when no lights are on, she would and still does wait to walk upstairs until I turn them on.
Night blindness is the first thing a dog going blind experiences.
I am also told that dogs use their other senses way more than eyesight unlike humans and she will adapt well.
I wonder how anyone really knows this, unless they are a blind dog?
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