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Is a black shadow in my dog's eye normal, pannus, or serious?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 2 years old

I just today notice litle black shadow type in his eyes i am attaching the photos kindly check and see whether its normal or its pannus or something dangerous?

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 23rd, 2017

Thanks for visiting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. It is really difficult to tell from this photo and the one directional view of the shadow in question; however, I would assume this isn’t pannus because there are no other symptoms of pannus (i.e. conjunctivitis, or any vasculariztion (red blood vessels leading to this spot) that I can see and the photo isn’t very convincing. However, I would suggest taking 3 more photos at different angles and not changing anything about the photo or this can lead to distortion,m. The eye in this photo looks almost cartoony and hard to decifer what other possible things this could be. We look forward to your repost and best of luck getting some good shots. If you are having difficulty with this, then a vet visit should be considered to have Bruno’s eye examined with proper instrumentation. Best wishes.

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