I have a 3 yr old Cocker named Sadie. She's all black with White down her chest. When I got her at 7 months (around there) She had what they call "red eye" which is why nobody wanted her. arrrgh. Well she clung to me and was so sweet, I had to have her. When I brought her to the vet for the first time checkup, update shots and the like, the vet explained to me what red eye was. Apparantly, there is cartilidge (sp.?) right under their lower eye lid that will pop out and sort of go over the lower lid of their eyes and causes the eye to be red. My vet told me that there are two things that are done to correct it depending on who you go to. They can either cut the cartilidge completely out, therefore it won't pop back up in the future, or they can stitch the cartilidge back under the lid. (boy, I'm rambling, but hang in there for a bit, lol) Now, when my vet looked at Sadie, her right eye was clearly red eye and I knew that she had surgery on it before I got her. The vet concluded that they in fact, removed the cartilidge. She also informed me that her left eye needed the same surgery only she preferred to stitch instead. Soooo I made an appointment to get her spayed and the procedure done at the same time. Well, I got to tell ya, to this day, her left eye is perfect! and her right eye will still get red red red especially at the end of the day when she's tired.
She gets a yeast infection in her ears at least once a year
I should buy stock in those eardrops I stock up on each year. lol (if I had a $1,000,000.00 .. la la la)
Other than that, I'd have to say that she's the most loving, affectionate, playful dog you'd ever meet
(brownie points for mom) We tend to refer to her as the 'nanny' She's always looking out for us and never leaves your side. She took to Nora like she's been here all along. Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a better dog than Sadie. And ... no she is not snippy! hate that persona on her breed.