
I too think you should be asking your vet about this, although it would seem you have. I don't mess with eyes so if he thinks removal is the best option, have it done. Dogs cope without full sight well - smell being the first sense and there's no doubt, removal is way preferable to pain! We had one who had a cloudy eye when it first opened. My vet put her on drops, but in a very short time, it 'blew' into a nasty mess and had to come out at which point an abscess was discovered at the back of the eye. Rare I'd suggest! We kept her and other than having a dry nose which kept needing to be cleaned up, she had no problem functioning perfectly with just the one eye. Much as she'd never really had the benefit of two. I had another who, in old age, had cataracts on both eyes. Because of her great age, no surgery was done and much as I had to keep a close watch on her (she wasn't hearing as well either), she coped just fine. You'd have to discuss whether your older girl could cope with the general anaesthetic she will need, of course.