# Get Eye checks on Shibas

Over the holiday we were informed that our adopted rescue boy is going blind due to Progress Renal Atrophy PRA. http://www.animaleyecare.net/diseases/pra.htm

I have had my older girls rechecked recently and at 7 one is developing signs of cateracts. (Shibas do have a propensity to get cateracts an…

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## StaticNfuzz · 2009-01-20T01:24:56.000Z
Over the holiday we were informed that our adopted rescue boy is going blind due to Progress Renal Atrophy PRA. http://www.animaleyecare.net/diseases/pra.htm

I have had my older girls rechecked recently and at 7 one is developing signs of cateracts. (Shibas do have a propensity to get cateracts and glaucoma.)

I recommend that anyone that has Shibas have their dog's eyes checked with pressure reading while the dog is young at 15 months or so in order to have a background record of typical scores for your animal while it is healthy. (The procedure is painless.) Later down the road comparisons can be made against the background scores to determine if your dog is developing a slow onset to eye disease.

Keep a watch out for squinting in light, excessive tearing, or cloudy pupils where there were non before. Glaucoma can develop very quickly and is very painful. If caught in time a vet may be able to prevent full blindness.

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## Sangmort (moderator) · 2009-01-20T01:30:02.000Z
Awwwww! Hope they're ok Patrice! <3 ~

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2009-01-20T11:12:39.000Z
oh my, I'm sorry about your rescue boy. We will get our shibas eyes checked asap. I recently read about a 5 year old shiba girl that is losing her 2nd eye to glaucoma, and now she will be blind at 5 years old. So incredibly sad.

## KFontaine04 · 2009-01-20T11:13:46.000Z
Miso and Sake will get theirs checked at their next vet appointment. Thanks for the info Patrice!

## Sabrina · 2009-01-20T18:45:43.000Z
Poor guy :-( Thank you for the info, I like it when people give advice on things to be checked on. Like this and the microchip thread. I keep a list and ask the vet next time I go. It makes me feel like Im getting more information out of my vet visits.

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