Approximately a month ago, at a time when all were plagued
by flies and horseflies, Boss, one of our horses started showing signs of an
infection of sorts in one of his eyes. It looked sore and was an obvious source
of irritation to him. It just so happened that the horse dentist called over
during that time and recommended I put a used, wet (obviously cold) tea bag on
his eye. So without any hesitation I made myself a cuppa and started the tea
bag treatment. After 3 applications, voila Boss’s eye showed a great
improvement.
You may well ask why I am sharing this with you as this page
is all about dogs. The answer is quite obvious, when you have a terrier, that
is. Smudge, one of our two terriers just love hunting around in the hedgerows and
quite often come home with thorns in her ears and yes, you guessed it, runny
and sore eyes. Two days ago the little
princess promptly appeared with extremely sore eyes, more so than usual. So out
came the teabags and again, voila, the treatment worked.
I am not suggesting that you ignore what you feel might be
worth a trip to the vet and I will never suggest substituting veterinary treatment
for layman advice. Should you however find yourself in a situation that the
teabag treatment might help until such time as you can get to the vet, why not
give it a go.