How do you carry out an eye test on a dog? As he/she doesnt know the alphabet.

Do you know I have often wondered this myself so that makes two of us ;)

Im now picturing a dog sat in a chair looking in a mirror at letters getting smaller lol

with those funny specs on, with one eye covered.

Red or Green........and now........red or green LOL :D

Same as they do with babies, I guess!
:)

In very much the same way that the eye examination for humans is carried out only without the spoken word being used. Drops are added to the dogs eyes. 20 minutes later in a darkened room, a vet checks the dogs eyes using an indirect ophthalmoscope. The examination only takes a few moments and does not hurt the dog in any way.

Thanks admin.

Emma, you've made me larfffff !! I can now see my SWD's with their little's glasses on reading the letters :d

Maybe the eye chart should have large dogs reducing down to smaller dogs. :-)

If the dog has to have a gonioscopy the vet actually puts lenses (like contact lenses) into their eyes to enable him to check them properly.  Ella was very good but I can imagine this doesn't go down too well with some dogs!! :)

I must admit this is the only time my dogs are really quiet and still, as soon as the light goes out, they sit like statues.......even during the examination!  :-)

the drops they put in they eyes turned my staffies green and now after the medication, they are a kind of blue.... Didn't think dogs eyes changed colours.....