Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Dearborn,Missouri
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I have a 6yr old female that had to have one of her eyes surgically removed today. Was wondering about other hounds that had this happen and how it affected their hunting ability or just getting around with one eye in general?

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Registered: May 2007
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shouldn't effect her hunting after she gets use to only haveing 1 eye my boys dog ran into a fence and had 1 of his eyes removed only thing i seen differnt he was alittle jumpy if you came up where he couldn't see you but after a few months he did fine

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Man Mike you have luck like me... Unfortunately that hasn't happened to me yet although I know of one that did. Hillbilly 56 said it the way that I remember the one I knew about. This particular dog was a Norwegian Elk Hound and he lost his at 2 years of age and continued hunting til he died at the ripe age of 14... I must also add he treed squirrels in the daytime and coons at night... Hope all goes well...

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Only had experience with one that lost his eye. He was bad to throw his head and blow on his blind side when he was treed with another dog. You didn't want to collar him up from that side around a tree, either. Ended up putting him down because I didn't want someone or another dog getting bit.

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I had one who lost vision in one eye and you would not have known it. She lost vision in her other eye years later and still treed coons. It sure was pitiful to see her running into trees but once she struck she was as fast as the average dog.

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Registered: Oct 2008
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Thanks for the replies, I just hope the healing process turns out ok, I can live with the rest, she's a nice little coondog.

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I was blind in my right eye for years till I had cataract surgery . I still went to work every day . after it gets used to it it will be fine . it will have to learn to judge distance and terrain a little different . and I too was jumpy when the boss would come up on my blind side lol

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My Emma dog lost her eye shortly after turning 2 yrs old, did not seem to affect her at all. Finished her to GrNtCh with one eye. I'm sure some obsticales might take her a 2nd attempt or slightly slow her due to judging distance but you'll not really notice it at all!

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Does anybody remember that story I wrote in CB years ago about a Redbone female I picked up at Autumn Oaks? She was supposed to be a nice old broke dog and I needed something to hunt. When I went to get her she looked like 10 miles of bad road. More yellow in color, blind in one eye, big white patch on her chest, fat. I thought good Lord I hope nobody sees me leading her. lol I hunted Lady for the next few months. One of my all-time favorites. That blind eye did not affect her in the least.

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Originally posted by Todd K / UKC
Does anybody remember that story I wrote in CB years ago about a Redbone female I picked up at Autumn Oaks?

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I do. Besides lady, I have hunted 2 others and it didn't seem to slow either one down. One didn't like being bumped on his blind side while treeing however.

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i had one that got his eyes knocked out,he was as fast of dog i ever had on track even with one eye.jb i doubt youll ever be able to tell a difference after you get her healed up.good luck with her.

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I had a Bluetick years ago that lost a eye, I could only hunt him about once a week because if he was hunted 2 to 3 nights a week he looked like someone had beat his head in with a bat. He really looked bad if hunted more than once a week. Ended up becoming a lot slower on track too. Good luck Mike.

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Mike how is your hound doing?

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