Ms_Butterfly
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This thread is for the handlers of certified service dogs.
Hey, I just wanted to let y'all know about this in case you didn't know already. May 12 is ACVO National Service Dog Eye Exam day. All across the US and Canada they are giving free opthamologist eye exams to certified service dogs (as well as detection dogs and SAR dogs). I don't know where y'all live, so don't know if there is a participating clinic near you, but you can check that out on the Web site for the event: http://www.acvoeyeexam.org . Also, dogs who get the eye exam can go to their regular vet in June for a blood wellness profile (including CBC) - the blood taking and lab work is at no cost.
(Non-certified dogs are not eligible. Perhaps next year they will come up with a way to make this a possibility [to keep the unscrupulous pet owners from cheating the system like they do for access and flying], but for this first trial year only certified dogs are eligible.)
They had a small trial run of this event in TN a few months back and a guide dog handler found out his guide dog had the beginning of a type of tumor in his eye. It wouldn't have been something an annual exam would have caught, but now it is getting treated and hopefully the dog will be able to continue guiding his human for many more years.
Pass this info. on to any other certified SD owners ya know.
Hey, I just wanted to let y'all know about this in case you didn't know already. May 12 is ACVO National Service Dog Eye Exam day. All across the US and Canada they are giving free opthamologist eye exams to certified service dogs (as well as detection dogs and SAR dogs). I don't know where y'all live, so don't know if there is a participating clinic near you, but you can check that out on the Web site for the event: http://www.acvoeyeexam.org . Also, dogs who get the eye exam can go to their regular vet in June for a blood wellness profile (including CBC) - the blood taking and lab work is at no cost.
(Non-certified dogs are not eligible. Perhaps next year they will come up with a way to make this a possibility [to keep the unscrupulous pet owners from cheating the system like they do for access and flying], but for this first trial year only certified dogs are eligible.)
They had a small trial run of this event in TN a few months back and a guide dog handler found out his guide dog had the beginning of a type of tumor in his eye. It wouldn't have been something an annual exam would have caught, but now it is getting treated and hopefully the dog will be able to continue guiding his human for many more years.
Pass this info. on to any other certified SD owners ya know.
