Re: [pyrnet]corneal dystrophy

[Alison Chorney <alison_chorney@yahoo.com>]

My mother's shepherd has a condition called Pannus,
which is triggered by allergic reactions.  It creates
a tissue similar to what you described and it can be
treated with steroid eyes cream, but can reccur with
discontinuation of the medication.

Alison Chorney
Chorney Kennels Reg'd
Timmins, ON

--- sdobscha <sdobscha@LNMTA.bentley.edu> wrote:
> I really like kate's pyrs as pets page.  i think
> about all those months i 
> tried to train my first pyr to not bark outside. 
> what a lesson in futility!  
> for years after, i found coke cans with change in
> them in the back yard from 
> when i had shaken them and left them out there and
> he buried them.  if i had 
> gotten czar from a reputable breeder i probably
> would have been given better 
> training information.
> 
> anyway, does anyone have any knowledge about corneal
> dystrophy?  seamus has 
> developed a film right on his cornea that has been
> characterized as fatty 
> tissue growing on the eye.  it doesn't seem to
> bother him but i'm wondering if 
> it is indicative of something else or typical in
> pyrs.  i seem to remember 
> some eye problem in pyrs.  they have ruled out
> diabetes, which is one cause of 
> this corneal growth.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> susan
> >
> >
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