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My puppy's eye is red & cloudy from dish soap. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered

I accidentally got dawn dish soap in my puppy's eye now it's all red and cloudy. What should I do?

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 30th, 2017

Poor puppy. Rinse the eye copiously with lukewarm water. Then take puppy in to your vet because he likely has a chemical burn on the cornea that needs to be treated with topical eye ointment in order to heal properly. The vet will do a quick eye stain to check first and confirm that the eye cornea has been compromised.

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    Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

    Veterinarian

    Published on

    Cloudiness of the eye doesn't happen fast, if your puppy's eyes are truly cloudy this means this happened at least a couple days ago, if this is the case you need to rush him to the vet as he may loose his eye sight.

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