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Do blind dogs shed differently than sighted dogs?
This may seem like an unusual question, but bear with me. It makes sense (honest).
To my knowledge, its fairly well accepted that the seasonal shedding pattern of dogs is impacted by lighting (basically, the melatonin levels in their brains responds to the length of darkness... the more darkness, the more melatonin - high levels of melatonin are associated with the winter months, low levels with the summer).
To me, this begs the question - does a blind dog shed more? less or the same as a sighted dog?
I could imagine that the answer might depend somewhat on the nature/level of the blindness. (whether its caused by a cataract, or a neural lesion, might have different results for example)
Thoughts? Experience?
Do you have evidence that blind dogs shed the same as sighted dogs? Or are you guessing? Can you reconcile that with the known causitive relationship between lighting conditions and shed patterns?
I'm going to put this to a vote --- I'm not comfortable picking a 'best answer'.
I asked a veterinary opthamologist, and they couldn't give me a definite answer, so my gut says that it just hasn't been well looked in to (one of those 'who knows' questions).
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
wow, this is a great point.
although i've never owned a blind dog,
i guess it could effect that?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No blind dogs shed just like the regular dogs, sight has nothing to do with it at all
