Ok, so my daughter ended up with a dog that was abandoned by someone and left at my babysitter’s house. They took him to the vet and they said he is about 8-9 years old, and a mix of Cocker Spaniel and Golden Lab. The dog is so good, and already house broken and he adores my little girl.

Anyhow, I think that he is starting to go blind because he runs into things in the house. He also seems to have trouble seeing at night. We are going to make him an indoor dog. Is there anything we can do to help him with his vision?

Also, what should we be doing as far as food and exercise for a dog at his age?

    

My parents once had a Lab who started going blind as she got older. They always tried to keep the paths to doorways clear and left furniture in place so that the dog could memorize the layout of the house. She managed very well with the limited vision that she had.

Purchase a good food for senior dogs, and take him for walks on a leash .

Thank you for the advice. I have been trying to leave lights on for him when it gets darker so he can see. I feel so bad for him when he runs into the furniture. He is very good on the leash, so I try to take him for walks when it is daylight. When he goes out to the bathroom at night I take a flashlight. Wonder how long before someone calls the police thinking I am prowling?

Yes my aunt has a dog that is totally blind and because of the same things mention the dog seems like she can see fine. I have to add though with my aunts dog it was because of diabetes and the dog now needs insulin or she will die so I would recommend getting that checked and feeding the dog food that will protect against it getting worse. You can check out my new blog called "Leon's Thought for Food" We need visitors to comment and I can be contacted there I would love to hear how your puppy makes out

I don't think you can reverse the blindness, but from my experience dogs don't seem to care about that sort of thing as much as us humans do. Dogs are really good about going with the flow.