Trevor is a beautiful Golden with PRA.
Today I was happy to receive a comment on my blog from another owner of a performance dog who has been diagnosed with Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). Her dog, Trevor, is a highly accomplished dog, who also is now fighting the characteristic slow decline to blindness.
I decided to share what Labtopia sent me because her website has a very insightful description of Trevor's diagnosis and subsequent experience with the disease.
Also, she includes some interesting information regarding dietary supplementation to help preserve remaining sight and also the fact that PRA is similar in some ways to the disease retinitis pigmentosa in humans.
Here are her notes on supplementation and care.
She also recommends a supplement called OccuGLO, which she say has some promising research data behind it.
Here are some of her compiled notes on PRA research.
Taylor's diagnosis is very new, so I find this information extremely interesting and helpful. Thanks to you and to all the people out there who take the great amount of time needed to post information on medical support topics, both human and animal, at no cost benefit to themselves, just so that it might help others in their search for answers on chronic and incurable disease.
Just when you start wondering about all negative things in this world, a person appears who has taken of their own very busy life to do something positive and hopeful for people they may never meet.
To Labtopia, thanks for reaching out. I hope your efforts and Trevor's spirit give him a long time longer in enjoying his time with you and all the shades and colors of life.
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