Visioncare Associates PC - East Lansing, MI
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JoJoe and the Bear
This Is our rescue shar pei JoJoe. In August of 2008, we rescued JoJoe from a shelter in SE Michigan after spotting his picture on petfinder.com. We realized, while still at the shelter, that JoJoe was completely blind. No one at the shelter appeared to have noticed. Upon taking JoJoe to our vet the next day, we discovered that his right eye was completely covered with pigmentation from an untreated condition very common in Shar Peis called Entropia. This condition causes the eyelids to curl inward causing the dog's eyelashes to rub against his eyeball which causes an ulcer to form on the cornea and eventually total pigmentation of the cornea. His left eye had a large ulcer in the center of his cornea caused by the same condition. Someone had allowed this dog to go blind. Perhaps they couldn't afford it, or were just plain ignorant of the medical conditions that frequently plague these very special dogs. It would appear that his previous owners bred him, at least once. Any reputable breeder of shar Peis would never breed a dog with as many faults as JoJoe has. (he IS a very good looking dog, as far as shar pei's go) That wasn't the worst of it. - JoJoe had tested positive for heart worm. A death sentence if left untreated. Our desire to get the best possible veterinary care for JoJoe led us to the Michigan State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in East Lansing. The availability of specialists played heavy in that decision. Heart worm Treatment involves a series of ...
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