Poppy (my dog) has just had a nylabone shoved in her eye by Dixie (my other dog). Anyway, upshot is, Poppy has a scratch to her eye, not so bad as to get her to the emergancy vets thankfully (for her sake that is) but bad enough for me to be taking her first thing in the morning for it to be looked at.

I have put her in a comfy collar so she can't rub it and am giving her arnica (tablets not cream)... is there anything more I can do to make her comfortable and to minimise any damage or is it just a wait for the vet to sort it job now? I haven't cleaned it because I am worried that will do more harm than good? Been fortunate enough not to have to deal with an eye injury before now.

vet will check with the florescent strips to see if the cornea is damaged/scratched.
Then depending on what injury has been caused you will either get antibiotic drops or steroid eye drops,
serum drops (made from your own dogs blood), debriding of eye surface, phenol treatment under GA.
The old treatment is third eye lid stitched also under GA.

Whatever the injury will be painfull for her.
So hope Poppy's injury is only very slight and that it heal's soon.

Thanks for that information. Luckily the scratch is not very deep or big, so hopefully it will not be any of the more trumatic treatments. I'll just be happier once we've seen the vet. She definately is very unhappy bless her, but seems more comfortable now. Although typicle springer, she only started to feel sorry for herself when I stopped playing with her (we were playing when it happened), while she was busy she didn't care a bit even though she couldn't even open her eye to start with. She has taken herself off to the crate so she can be safe in her den now and rest. Suppose I just have to wait and see what the vets want to do with her in the morning, won't feed her until we get back incase.

Thank you again for the information. I always feel better when I know what to expect. I am one of those poeple that asks millions of questions at the vets so I know the ins and outs of what and why.

Once I had a scratch on my eye and it was very painful, doctor gave me drops and Oh bliss the pain eased. (think I had better say it was not a Nylabone it was a foot - dogs foot)

Same here but it was a Raspberry cane.

Ah, dogs are so kind, Poppy, the one who has cased me worry... and to look like a fool (will explain momentarily) chipped one of my teeth when she was a pup.

Anyway, thought I should update. Get ready in the morning to go to the vets, have a look at Pops and the only evidence of the "injury" was that she was wearing a comfy collar. No redness to her eye anymore, no squint and definately not keeping the eye closed. Poppy is bouncing because she's thinking "woohoo, off for a walk" because I'm ready to take her out and she certainly isn't sorry for herself anymore. Had a very thorough inspection and there is not even a mark on her eye, so don't I feel like a fool. I can only assume that what I thought was a small scratch was actually a small fiber and that it has naturally gone when she slept/blinked etc and that the reason she was sqinting was more to do with the fiber in her eye and the inpact of the blow.

Very pleased to say all is back to normal today and I am just left feeling a bit of a fool, but I will be keeping an eye on it just incase. I think she might just have been milking it to get special treatment and bed snuggles.

Same here a fingernail someone elses while having my eyelashes dyed . Oh the pain of vanity lol

> I am just left feeling a bit of a fool

Good news, don't feel a fool. Dreadful when something happens and they are in distress but can't tell us. Been there more times than I would like to admit.

Just so happy that she is back on form again. She was a very poorly puppy (not puppy farm just unfortunate) so had enough suffing in the start to last her her lifetime. Since, she has taken on the role of the accident prone dog. I felt so sorry for her to have to go through something else, so am even more releaved she was tricking me for that reason.

She is hapily curled up with her attacker now, obviously not one to bear a grudge.

With eyes you can never be careful enough.

I know of one lady who did seek vet treatment for her dog who
did have ulcerated eye. Even under vet treatment (antibiotics)
the eye suddenly went down hill and needed emergency specialist
treatment to save the eye.

So I'd rather feel foolish and be told nothing wrong than end up with
a serious problem.

Plus if you catch eye ulcers quickly enough they only need antibiotic drops and can heal quite quickly.
In my breed (Boxers) eye ulcers are notoriously hard to heal if they've got a hold.
So better too soon than too late to the vet.

Glad Poppy is fine :)