My Yorkie's eyes are always overglowing with black goop...?

We've used the vet's prescription dog eye cleaner thing, we've used black and chamomile tea, water, antibiotics (it got a bit better afterwards but it's bad again) and now we're using cornflower water.

I've heard adding apple cider vinegar to the dog's water can help.

Any suggestions?

My Yorkie's eyes are always overglowing with black goop...?
a little black 'gloop' at the corner of the eye is OK. however the amount is very important. if it is making the ski wet, this will really irritate the skin as tears are quite irritant on skin.



there are many different reasons why too much discharge is produced.

1/ there may be irritation to the conjunctiva - this can be due to dusts, chemicals, or mild infections of the tissues around the eye

2/ the tear glands of the eye may not work properly, this means the eye itself is a little too dry, when this happens the eye is chronically irritated and the mucus glands over work making thick sticky discharge



now simply cleaning the gloop away is an important part of the treatment.



however these underlying probs need to be checked for.



go you your vet, i would first test the tear production (with a Schirmer tear test) then check for any corneal ulcer (with a fluorescein stain test).

followed with a full opthalmic exan



medication may be required. but trust your vet if they say it is normal, just clean the eye well
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Reply:If you have been to your vet more than once and there is still an issue time to look for a new vet. my cat had a similar problem and the vet gave me eyedrops, its a pain in the butt to give but well worth it, make sure you follow the instructions given to you for care or it will come back!