Why are my dog's eyes red in flash photos, is it a health issue?

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Hello, I was taking pictures of my pets and noticed that in chewy both of his eyes are red instead of yellow/green like they used to be and like my other dog and cats eyes are. Could this be due to a health issue and should I be worried? I was using flash but this color hasn’t happened before. Pet's info: Dog | Lhasa Apso | Male | neutered | 11 years and 10 months old | 25 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

When you take photos of your pets or people and the flash hits the eyes at a certain angle you will be able to see through the pupils to the back of the lense which has a lot of blood vessels. This will appear red and is normal. This will often happen when you take pictures of people also. Here you have some information: http://www.yalescientific.org/2011/05/what-causes-the-red-eye-effect/

Why are my dog's eyes red in flash photos, is it a health issue?

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