Sila says dogs with mature cataracts can only see changes in light.
Blind dog has surgery.
She has both cataracts as well as retinal degeneration.
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Watch this formerly blind dog react to seeing his owners for the first time after getting eye surgery duffy the irish terrier has an amazing reaction to reuniting with his adopted parents by john.
Lexi s rapid vision loss.
Over the labor day weekend lexi rapidly lost vision.
Also not all dogs are good candidates for surgery and the surgery can be quite expensive.
Cataract surgery in dogs is over all a rewarding procedure considering that it can help dogs gain back a good percentage of their lost vision.
Link to lexi s rapid vision loss.
His treatment and surgery took place at the veterinary referral center in malvern pennsylvania.
In between these two from 15 percent all the way to 99 percent are immature cataracts which sila says can be something of a gray area.
Duffy qualified for an eye surgery that would be able to restore his sight.
Duffy s family didn t hesitate to sign duffy up for the surgery.
She recommends that dogs with mature cataracts undergo cataract surgery to remove them.
However as with any type of surgery there may also be some risks.
It was great news for this very good boy.