Thank you everyone for your support and advice. Yorkiemom1, thank you for telling me about Lacrisert! When I bring Mishka back to the specialist in a month I will ask him about it and see if that would be a solution for her. I think right now we are still assessing whether or not her dry eye will persist in life. If her dry eye persists and her specialist won't prescribe it, I will see if I can get it from someone else.
My parents have a toy poodle who has a liver shunt and needs medicine three times a day. He gets so excited and comes running when you say "Let's do your medicine!" or "You want your medicine?" So I've started saying the same phrases whenever I need to do Mishka's eye drops and clean her eye. Then I say "All done" and give her a treat paired with the word "Yes." For our dogs "Yes" always means you did good AND you're getting a treat, as opposed to just saying "Good girl/boy." |