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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you all for your back channel drool to
us. Browser saw the opthamology vet yesterday and his left eye has little
sight but his right is spared for now. This came on suddenly and without
any warning. She said age five is often the time bassets and beagles get
this and it is progressive leading to total blindness at some point. We
are heartsick and so is our breeder who went the extra mile to have all her dogs
who were bred thoroughly checked out by a vet opth. However, she was told
that this is not 100% guarantee as it only takes one recessive gene somewhere in
the gene pool to have this pop out in a basset. In 26 years she has never
had a glaucoma case which is an outstanding track record. I know her
personally and know this to be true.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please have all your bassets eye pressures checked
and look for increasingly reddened eyes. Although we never saw this until
the day his third eyelid was down over his left eye. It only takes a
short spike of eye pressure in a basset or beagle to destroy the optic
nerve in these two breeds.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Browser will have to learn how to get along with
the right eye and he is very tentative right now. We have 3 eyedrops and
one oral medicine to give him twice daily and will have to think positive
thoughts although is very difficult right now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you all again for your drool--</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sally, Bert, Pixel and
Browser</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>