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Actually my old boy (15 - with worst drainage angles Peter had ever seen) does have scarring and a tear - but has never had even a weepy eye.... he did have one eye half torn out (fight with a possum) restitched back in - and still NO permanent damage....Guess he is lucky huh! Rae

Actually Steve, I am the one who is not sure what is going on here...... Why are you responding to my post or any of the posts on here?? Surely you have more important things to do as a forum moderator?...... it feels to me like playing favourites..... Believe me - you would know if I was being sarcastic or nasty when I write something - it would leave NO doubt. I was just wondering what the diagnosis was to lead to such a statement about drainage angles and tear staining.....I have a distinct aversion to only getting snippets of information - why post if you won't tell the full story - sans names of course... I am a registered nurse of 20 years experience - I have been in dogs 15 years and have a great interest in all canine genetics specifically disorders of the Gastro-intestinal kind and eye diseases in Siberian Huskies..... I just don't make it known as when you go off on a long explaination about disease/disease processes and genetics most people turn off or don't fully understand the words etc...... I believe totally in Keep It Simple.....and I like to be able to have my say, in my way without feeling like people are going to run off and tell on me......this is just too weird Rae

1 Mickatie - Interestingly enough I have seen a husky that failed eye testing and has severe staining. Were you present at examination to have 'seen' this or have you just 'heard' this? 2 Mickatie - Nope, not saying that staining and failed eyes in all cases go together, but in this paticular case the vet felt the staining was due to a failed eye test. Based on what condition of the eye? The parts of the eye examined are the adnexa, cornea, iris, lens, vitreous and fundus. Congenital eye diseases examined in Aust and NZ are CEA (Collie Eye Anomaly), MRD (Multifocal Retinal Dysplasia), TRD (Total Retinal Dysplasia), CHC (Congenital Hereditary Cataract), GHPV (Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous), PPM (Persistent Pupillary Membrane) and G (Goniodysgenesis). Non Congenital eye diseases checked on examination are GPRA (Generalised Progressive Retinal Atrophy), RPED (Retinal Pigment Epithelial Dystrophy), HC (Hereditary Cataract), PPL (Primary Lens Luxation). None of the above are related to the tear duct. So what new eye issue is 'out there' that has a relationship between the eye ball and tear duct of which would result in a failed eye exam? 3 Mickatie - This dog is not mine. I have notified the owner of the thread, they might come in here and 'enlighten' you. I look forward to being 'enlightened' as this will be new for us all. Rae

So what was the issue - or is that a secret? Lets face it - a dog can't fail that many eye tests - Gonio is not a pass/fail - it's a rating for supposed predisposition to Glaucoma - Catarracts are either there or they are not so I guess you could loosely say that's a pass/fail - PRA, Entropian???? Please enlighten us.... Rae

And I'll bet you that there is NO correlation at all between the two - just coincidence..... Rae

I would really doubt very much that the Gonio results would have any bearing on eye-staining whatsoever. Both my older sibes (15 & 12) have poor and moderate drainage angles and NEITHER has had any staining at all ever - one is a silver/grey, the other an agouti. In fact BOTH have perfect eyesight! Rae