missing teeth and eyes but she’s the perfect pup for 15 years!

Went to the vet today Hazel gone her stitches out and the cone off. Yay.

Thank you all for sharing your pictures and stories. This is so difficult to go through. Our 12 y/o Frenchie had her left eye removed earlier this year due to very fast progression of primary glaucoma. Been keeping up with drops, vitamins, etc., but last appointment her right eye was showing pressure issues and her follow-up is tomorrow. She's showing signs of significant vision loss overnight and it's been painful to accept how this will impact us all.

We love her so much. She's the greatest little being and it hurts me so much to see her in pain. Any words to help cope or anything that you really wish you knew earlier on to make it easier for you and your little love, would be greatly appreciated.

Papito is brand new to the Pirate Pet community - about 1.5 weeks out from surgery. He’s recovering with great stride day by day and has almost completely adjusted. This has been way more of an emotional journey for myself as opposed to Papito (aka Fetty Pap).

My dog is 12 years old and developed an orbital tumor. It started 13 months ago and while it progressed slowly, she is now at the point when her eye is very bulgy and gets swollen and painful when she bumps it in places she's not familiar with. She's getting surgery in 2 days. I'm worried about the fact she's an older girl (but in good health otherwise). Can you please provide advice as to the type of cone that is the most comfortable after eye removal? She tends to try to rub her face against things and may push her eye against the cone. Any other advice on pirate life would be helpful so I can get through this with her. Thank you.

Reagan at 6 months and Reagan at 10 1/2 years old.

My dog lost her eye 11 weeks ago. Everything in terms of healing has been great and there were no complications in the op. However over the last 2-3 weeks she has become really itchy where her eye used to be. She’s rubbing herself up against sofas, scratching at it and asking me to scratch it for her 😅

I rang the vet and they said it was just part of the healing process but I would have thought at almost 3 months that “itchy” stage of a wound healing would have been done. I’m just wondering if anyone here has a pet who lost their eye and then at around 10-12 weeks became super itchy? I’m just a worried dog mom who’s wondering if this is normal 🥹