Prosthetic Eyes For Dogs ?

It is amazing to think that scientific research has had such a huge impact on humans and also animals. A story I read about recently shocked me to put it mildly. Yet again though it shouldnt really surprise me as the US is at the forefront of this new procedure.

So what am I talking about?

If a dog is losing its sight then its owner can decide on getting a prostetic eye for its dog. Now this can throw up a couple of different issues for the dog and also for the owner.

Obviously nobody wants the dog to suffer in pain. Previosuly an owner wasnt really left with much of an option when it came to getting a dogs eye removed. The dog would have been left with a sunken eye.

With these prosthetic eyes the eyelids of the dogs arent sutured shut which certainly isnt a bad thing.

The technical term for this procedure is called “enucleation”. At the end of the day dogs probably are bothered by their appearance so by getting “enucleation” they manage to solve that age old problem. So the owner is happy and the dog is happy.