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Why does my dog have thick, hard eye gunk and constantly watery eyes?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Female | unspayed | 8 lbs

My doggie lady, hasn't been acting any different ,physically or emotionally but she always get these really nasty hard thick eye boogers ..like her eyes are always watering I can easily wipe them better but its like a lot of thick eye gunk..they're not sticking shut it just gets in her face hair and its just gross because I have to rid them lol

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on March 23rd, 2019

It looks as Lady is suffering from an eye infection, it is relatively common in dogs. you will need to take her to the vet the first chance you get, the vet will check the eyes, if it is indeed a simple eye infection your vet will prescribe an antibiotic eye drops that will probably solve the problem in no time.

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