Guest BarkBrindle Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Mom and Dad adopted their 2nd hound just about a year ago now. Upon his "welcome to the pack" visit to their vet, they found a cataract in his right eye. It doesn't sound like he's at the point of surgery yet, but I'm forwarding some questions, as they have no computer. Is it possible that the cataract is the result of a race injury? It seems like greyhounds are inspected at race time. If the cataract was noticed during a race inspection, would that result in retirement of the dog? Would a dog with a known cataract be allowed to race? If I recall correctly, cataract surgery is of more benefit when the dog had some vision in the eye in the past. As opposed to if the cataract was present from birth. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 If the dog is two, he had a very short career, if any. Have you checked on Greyhound Data? Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1017 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I don't know about dogs, but human cataracts can be caused by head trauma. Quote Cathy & Calvin (DOB 9/18/13). Always missing my angel Robin (Abdo Bullard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 We have a dog that's blind in her rail (left) eye and she raced. I'm pretty sure it was noticed by everyone every time she raced...hard to miss a giant white eyeball. She startled the crap outta me the first time I saw her in her kennel at the track! Anyway...she had it when she got to B'ham and no note on her paperwork as to what happened. The eye specialist here suspects some sort of acute injury. It never bothered her, she raced fine and that was that. So...just because there is a defect in the eye, doesn't mean they'll automatically be retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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