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Electrical-Act-7170 t1_ja9bpp7 wrote

Reply to comment by Itsshrovetuesday in A Recent Situation Involving A Mean Piece Of Grass Requires Her to Wear Her Doggles When She's Playing Frisbee. She Doesn't Seem To Mind. Frisbee Is Life. by Itsshrovetuesday

Foxtail are nasty, or so I've read. Glad she's protected with doggies now.

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_ja9djpk wrote

yeah it was pretty gnarly. Crazy how it managed to slip right under her eyelid too. Our family vet couldn't even get it, we had to take her to a Dog Ophthalmologist so it could be extracted.

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2sad4snacks t1_jaaa9k0 wrote

My last dog nearly died from a foxtail going up her nose. The vet said if it had made it another couple centimeters it would have been too late

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_jaacmwe wrote

yeah those things are seriously no joke. It looked like a barb when they got it out of her eye. Poor baby didn't even yelp or anything. We just noticed that her eye looked really irritated and took her to the vet. We're super glad she didn't have any permanent damage.

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theyarnllama t1_jaaxqfk wrote

There are dogthamologists? I honestly didn’t know you could get so specialized.

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Itsshrovetuesday OP t1_jab4dgx wrote

we were equally as shocked! It is indeed a real profession and I'm now sad every single day that it's not my profession**.**

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