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My dog's eyes are red and draining pus for months. What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Large (61lb +) | Male | neutered | 1 year and 5 months old | 110 lbs

My dogs eyes are extremely red. They have been draining pus for months now. He's not acting himself. He's miserable. I cannot afford veterinary

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Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 12th, 2017

Your dog likely either has an eye infection or allergic conjunctivitis. Taking him to the vet to have the eyes checked out is probably the best thing you can do. If you are unable to do this you could try an over the counter antihistamine and flushing the eyes with eye wash and see if this helps.

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