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My dog's eye looks lazy and he's squinting after a tennis ball hit. Serious?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Parson Russell Terrier | Male | neutered | 15 years old | 8.81 lbs

my dog got hit in his right eye by a tennis ball a few hours ago and he was squinting through it sometimes (but not all the time) after it happened and it looks like a lazy eye and im really worried about him!!! please help me

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on December 17th, 2016

Poor Dingo ! These eye injuries are very painful ! It is advisable that you have him checked over, if nothing serious happened to the eye, he will likely need some pain relief over the next couple of days.

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