Hi everyone. Just got up this morning and Tysons right eye is all swollen and looks VERY sore!! :-( It is all red underneath and his inner eyelid is covering most of his eye so he cant see. Just underneath his eye is swollen quite a bit too. He hasnt bumped it or anything as far as i am aware. Does anyone have any ideas what it might be or is there anything i could do to make it a bit better till tomorrow, then i can get him to the vets. Or should i give the emergency vet a ring today?? It looks VERY painfull and i dont know what to do?! :-( Any advice will be very welcome. Thanks in advance.

Try bathing it with cooled boiled salt water or go buy some chloramphenicol eyedrops from a chemist. They're the same ones that vets use except for humans. Cost about £4 and you should be able to get them from Tesco or any supermarket with a pharmacy.

the vet will probably prescribe you cloramphenical (sp) which has only recently become an over the counter medicine.  it used to be only available on prescription and is generally used for conjunctivitis and stuff like that but be careful with eyes as they are very delicate.  If my dog has weepy eyes my vet advised me to use cold tea as this can reduce inflamation (think it might be the tannin in it) but I'm no expert and would be wary of doing any thing that could damage the only set of eyes we get.

Thanks guys. I phoned the emergency vet this morning and she gave him some eye drops to put in 4 times a day for a week. She put some green dye in his eye to check if there was any damage, and it was fine. She thinks he may have bumped it, and if it gets any worse to go straight back in. It is still very swollen, but not as red.

My family have always used cold tea to bathe sore eyes on cats and dogs for years, with no ill effects. It's pretty much the same as us putting cold tea bags on our eyes to reduce puffiness. Certainly worth a try til you can get him some drops or see the vet.

I use weak salt water on my boy when he gets a squinty eye - but it's not usually as bad as your one sounds. Glad it's a bit better now. :-)

Anton has been a naughty boy again this weekend and under his eye has slit again. I do the cold teabag method and it definitely reduced the swelling and soreness.  Off to the vets tomorrow though, looks like he may end up with a stitch in it this time.

God, why is he soooooo good for 90% of the year and decides to have a fight for 10% of it the little so and so.

Zoe, ive only just seen this!! Hows Tyson?? Hope his ok and his eyes better! Blue had the same thing when id only had him home a couple of days! That was a nice trip to the vets at 3.30 in the morning! She gave him a shot of what i suppose is a form of piriton and his eye went down alot within hours and was back to normal within a couple of days! I do hope the big mans ok x

Hi Mel. Tyson is fine now. His eye isnt swollen at all any more. :-) It looked awful at the time...the poor boy couldnt see where he was going. :-( But....all better now. :-) Thanks for asking!! :D :D

Good im glad, its horrible when you see their eye all swollen, they look like theve been in a punch up! I nearly had a black eye yesterday, Blue accidently head butted me with his big fat bone head! Bloody hurt lol :D

LOL......Blue sounds just as clumsy as Tyson! :D I dont think he realises how big he is!!! :D How tall/heavy is Blue boy now??

Yeah his clumsy alright! lol I havent had him weighed recently but his around 31 inches at his shoulder :)

WOW......he is getting TALL!! I cant get tyson to stand still long enough to measure him properly, but i think he is about 30 inches, and he got weighed at the emergency vets on Sunday and was 57.2 kg ( exactly 9 stone) :D :D

Flippin hell!! Big sod! lol i know about a month ago Blue was 40kg but i very much dout his as much as your Tyson now! His still in his skinny stage although he is starting to fill out a bit now and that skinny bum is starting to spread and get wide! lol :D

Tyson hasnt started to fill out yet.....he is still pretty leggy!! :D

At least you will have a nice big snuggle dog for the winter months! :D I snuggle up with Blue when he comes and sits next to me on the sette! Very warm! :D Almost like a giant hot water bottle! lol

Hi Mackleback!

I find it really easy to keep track of Lola's height. I jut measure how far up the walls the dirt reaches :D

Tyson is getting huge!! Wouldn't like to be holding on to his lead when he decides to chase a cat or a squirrel!

Hi.....You are right about the dirt up the walls!!! And just above that there is a nice border of drool!!! lol