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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_ja8qgr2 wrote

Reply to comment by RonStopable08 in A Recent Situation Involving A Mean Piece Of Grass Requires Her to Wear Her Doggles When She's Playing Frisbee. She Doesn't Seem To Mind. Frisbee Is Life. by Itsshrovetuesday

She will try to catch the Frisbee at all costs (even when my throws are too close to the ground). During one of those bad throws her momentum made her do a bit of a tuck and roll and kicked up some grass. A particularly sharp angry piece got stuck in her third eyelid and required a trip to the vet to have it extracted. I think it was one of those foxtail weeds. They can be pretty sharp and are sort of pronged.

So eye safety gear from here on out as a precaution (because I will most certainly continue to make bad throws).

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Electrical-Act-7170 t1_ja9bpp7 wrote

Foxtail are nasty, or so I've read. Glad she's protected with doggies now.

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_ja9djpk wrote

yeah it was pretty gnarly. Crazy how it managed to slip right under her eyelid too. Our family vet couldn't even get it, we had to take her to a Dog Ophthalmologist so it could be extracted.

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2sad4snacks t1_jaaa9k0 wrote

My last dog nearly died from a foxtail going up her nose. The vet said if it had made it another couple centimeters it would have been too late

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_jaacmwe wrote

yeah those things are seriously no joke. It looked like a barb when they got it out of her eye. Poor baby didn't even yelp or anything. We just noticed that her eye looked really irritated and took her to the vet. We're super glad she didn't have any permanent damage.

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theyarnllama t1_jaaxqfk wrote

There are dogthamologists? I honestly didn’t know you could get so specialized.

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_jab4dgx wrote

we were equally as shocked! It is indeed a real profession and I'm now sad every single day that it's not my profession**.**

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FELOPZDDEFPOTEC t1_ja9gmin wrote

TIL that dogs and cats have nictitating membranes??? I have known about third eyelids in other creatures since I was like 8 and obsessed with the Crocodile Hunter, but never knew that cats and dogs have them.

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Abnmlguru t1_ja9l89o wrote

Fun fact: The pink triangle that most people think is your tear duct in your eye is left over from when people had nictitating membranes. The actual tear duct isn't really visible to the naked eye.

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_ja9hmto wrote

yep! it's especially noticeable in dogs that have the condition known as "cherry eye". That happens when the 3rd lid prolapses (which can be repaired surgically).

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DeliverySoggy2700 t1_ja9k1im wrote

It’s also my girls favorite game but her brother isn’t as interested. Slowly tho she’s becoming less and less active. Having a dog over 10 years old is such an emotional ride

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