VallejoSheltie
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Hi Everyone,
Our pup is almost 7 months now, and I am still noticing a problem that has me concerned. Boots will occasionally have the odd un-synchronized blink in either eye. Once I notice it, I start watching him and notice it occur several more times.
We'd mentioned this to the vet when he went in for his first annual recently, and of course since it wasn't happening at the time, the vet said to monitor it and ask again at a future visit if it seemed excessive. We've checked to see if there are any eyelashes possibly ingrown or such, however everything looks fine.
Since I just happened to notice it now, I am going to try to be a bit more scientific about it and see if I can start recording how often this is occuring each day, for how long, which eye, etc.
I am considering taking him to the Bishop Ranch clinic in San Ramon if needed as I've heard they are one of the best herding dog vets in NorCal.
I read one post on a forum with a similar question, and a response was "nerve interference at axis level", which oddly enough google reports as sometimes mentioned in the chiropractic practice.
I'm hoping I am just over analyizing this, however it is truely odd, and I haven't seen or heard of this in any other dog.
He does not have any other symptoms that I'm aware of that would indicate nerve impingment, which I am personally too familiar with.
Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this?
Our pup is almost 7 months now, and I am still noticing a problem that has me concerned. Boots will occasionally have the odd un-synchronized blink in either eye. Once I notice it, I start watching him and notice it occur several more times.
We'd mentioned this to the vet when he went in for his first annual recently, and of course since it wasn't happening at the time, the vet said to monitor it and ask again at a future visit if it seemed excessive. We've checked to see if there are any eyelashes possibly ingrown or such, however everything looks fine.
Since I just happened to notice it now, I am going to try to be a bit more scientific about it and see if I can start recording how often this is occuring each day, for how long, which eye, etc.
I am considering taking him to the Bishop Ranch clinic in San Ramon if needed as I've heard they are one of the best herding dog vets in NorCal.
I read one post on a forum with a similar question, and a response was "nerve interference at axis level", which oddly enough google reports as sometimes mentioned in the chiropractic practice.
I'm hoping I am just over analyizing this, however it is truely odd, and I haven't seen or heard of this in any other dog.
He does not have any other symptoms that I'm aware of that would indicate nerve impingment, which I am personally too familiar with.
Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this?