Can dogs have cosmetic eye surgery?

It probably sounds silly, but someone mentioned to me that dogs can have surgery on their eye to cut back a piece of skin or meat that prevents them from completely opening their eye up. I was considering it since my dog has a ';crooked'; eye and one of his eyes doesn't open all the way since he was that extra meat around his eye. I was told it might even make him go blind in that eye since his hair around the eye area scratches around there, and that the procedure is quick and easy. He wakes up with a lot of eye ';boogers'; around that one specific eye all the time so I don't know if it has to do with that extra skin. Has anyone heard of this procedure or even have it done on their dogs?Can dogs have cosmetic eye surgery?
it's very common and most bradycephalic breeds (pugs, french bulldogs, english bulldogs like yours, etc..) have this problem at some time in their lives if not bred by top quality breeders that can breed out this condition in their brood dogs. most vets can perform this operation and it's really very safe for the dog. the dog should not have any complications and should be much more comfortable and happy after the procedure. also, some hound breeds need these kinds of procedures. my friend's pug had it done on both eyes and recovered fine within a week and lives a normal, happy lifeCan dogs have cosmetic eye surgery?
You need to find a specialist to do this procedure if you opt to do that. Contact a local University that teaches veterinary medicine. They will be able to refer you to someone in your area. Was your dog born with this condition or is it something that just happened recently? If he was born with it you may want to talk to your breeder and find out if any others in the litter or the sire or dam had any of the same issues. IF he was not born with it you may want to determine if an infection caused it. It looks like a terribly infected eye.....looks really dry. If the eye boogers continue until you can find a resolution try purchasing some saline solution like you would wash your contacts with....and rinse his eye out. That will help a little until you can do better for him.
Take this dog to a vet and have a correct diagnoses done on him. Does have have entropian, does he have extra eyelashes on the inside of the lid? Have him looked at by a vet opthamologist, instead of guessing here on the internet!
Eye surgeries are common in dogs. Vets do them all the time for one reason or another.


Although I'm not sure he needs surgery.


Your vet can advise you on this.


---Anita
yes actually they can....sometimes dogs upper eyelids turn under, the lashes scratch the eye and they can go blind. So Dr's (vets) now will do a smiple surgery and remove that part of the eyelid, so the dog can open and close it's eyes properly...


Thats why your dog has a lot of discharge in one eye...it's scratching and irritating the eyeball.
Do the eyelids curl in on this dog? If they do and the eyelashes are touching the eye like you say they are... You need to have this eye fixed. Google ';entropia';
I had an Akita once and she had to have surgery on both eyes because her eye lids did not open far enough and the hair was scratching her corneas.


She was a puppy when I got her and I was told this was a common problem with her breed.