I've been doing a tremendous amount of research, and nearsightedness is very common in dogs. This is the only sense that we can actually compete with our doggies (their hearing and smell are way beyond what we can even comprehend); their vision is more motion and light sensitive (prey oriented) They'll fixate on a non-moving objects, or even have a hard time seeing a tennis ball from a few feet away. But a tiny squirrel dashing up a tree further away and in low light will catch their attention and off they go chasing. . .
They do have much better peripheral vision (dogs can see 250 degrees w/o turning their heads, while we can see, at best, up to 180 degrees.
So don't worry, this is normal for dogs, if that rock got up and moved your baby would be able to identify it better. And what she doesn't have in sight she makes up in hearing and smell. |