What should I do if my dog has a small foreign object in its eye?

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My dog has a foreign object in his eye, its in the corenia & small. What should I do?

Laura E. McRae · Accepted Answer

Tilt your dog's head back and hold open the eyelid with your thumb and forefinger or middle finger. Flush the eye for 10 to 15 minutes using cool water, or preferably a sterile saline eyewash or artificial tears. To flush the eye, hold the bottle of saline solution/artificial tears directly above the eye and squirt a gentle but steady stream of fluid into the eye. Or you can soak a wad of cotton in the water/solution and squeeze it into the eye repeatedly. If the foreign body cannot be removed by irrigation, seek veterinary attention.

What should I do if my dog has a small foreign object in its eye?

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