HELP!! Food Related??

I would say if it's only in one eye, it's not likely food related.  You might want to make a trip to the vet to rule out infection or anything else. My lab has allergies and has gooky eyes (always both) almost all the time lately.   
 
 
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I agree.
My one dog, even though has food allergies, awoke one day with a crusty eye glued shut. I ran her to the vet and it turned out to be an infection from a scratch on her cornea (played with a pup the day before). 

for a couple of days.

No offense but I think you are a little paranoid.  It takes at LEAST a few weeks for a food allergy to appear (more common for it to take months to years).

Just to clairfy an allergy can take years, but if a dog has a sensitivity that could show up right away.  My dog has I guess what I would call a sensitivity to soy and flax, if I give her a food with either of those in it, she will start scratching and getting eye goop, within a day or 2 and this was the same when she was a 6 mos. old pup.  That said, she usually would get the goop in both eyes, but it would be more prevalent in one eye, and she did also get it when I fed her Canidae because of the flax.  Like previously mentioned, you should bring her to the vet to rule out an infection.

"Eye boogers" in the usual sense are usually clearish or maybe brownish kind of... your description of "bloodshot and dischargy" eye sounds more like some kind of infection or injury. I'd say if it doesn't clear up on its own in a couple of days make a vet appt.

I'd say if it doesn't clear up on its own in a couple of days make a vet appt.

But if it's a corneal ulcer he needs to be taken into the vet ASAP! The last time one of my dogs woke up with a bloodshot eye with discharge it was an ulcer.
Twin is he hesitant to open his eye,will he let you touch it without seeming in pain(ulcers are painful),does it look sore? It's so hard to advise properly without seeing it,but when it comes to eyes IMHO it is better to be safe than sorry and go to the vet.
If it is a reaction to the food he would most likely have the boogers in both eyes,not sure if they would be bloodshot or not??

No offense but I think you are a little paranoid.

 
Sorry, I guess I am a little paranoid because my animals are like my babies. When I wake up and he has a bloodshot eye and discharge, yeah I guess I will be worried. I know if I woke up with the same thing I would be a bit paranoid!! [&:] That is why I enjoy having this board, so you guys can be so nice and supportive when I am being "paranoid." []
 
Thank you all very much for your input. I have some drops the vet gave me when I had first got him and the cat scratched his eye. They are called Ophth-Gentocin Drops. I gave him a drop earlier this morning and his eye definitely seems to be improving. I hope he just got something superficial in it or somthing. If it gets worse he will defininitely be going to the vet. For now it doesn't seem to bother him when I touch it.
 
Sorry for thinking it was food related. We just got over a food allergy and I guess I just worried because of all the stuff we have both been through for the past months. [&o] I just remember hearing that eye boogers can be a result of a food switch, so I was just making sure. I, too, thought it would be in both eyes and not bloodshot.

I just remember hearing that eye boogers can be a result of a food switch,

It can be. Eye boogers are just one of the sysmptoms of a food intolerance,or a food that just doesnt sit right with the dog.I'm not sure if intolerance is the correct word, but i have heard lots of stories of dogs eye boogers disapearing after a food switch OR appearing after changing to a new food.

Yeah, that is what I heard too. Exactly why I was worried about it being the food. Also, since he did have a food allergy and we just switched foods...I was wondering if that would do it. A lot of people say it takes months/years, but if we had just done an elimination diet for 2 months and I am just now adding totally different ingredients, you never know if it could hit him immediately.
 
On the other hand, the eye was bloodshot which would make me think it wasn't a food allergy. If it was, it would be both eyes and no bloodshotness (is that a word? [8|], he he). So we'll see. It already looks improved from this morning and he did eat the Canidae for breakfast.
 
I guess I'll be keeping a close "eye" on it! [] The eye drops seem to be helping...

ORIGINAL: Edie
It can be. Eye boogers are just one of the sysmptoms of a food intolerance,or a food that just doesnt sit right with the dog.I'm not sure if intolerance is the correct word, but i have heard lots of stories of dogs eye boogers disapearing after a food switch OR appearing after changing to a new food.

I know that when we first got Ella the shelter had been feeding her Science Diet. She had eye boogies. I switched her food and now I don't notice them anymore.
I never thought of the connection before. But, that could also be brought on by being bathed with a prescription shampoo and giving her fish oil and vitamin E daily.
It's probably a combination of all 3 in my dog's case.

Hey Twin - I don't mess around with eyes. If its only one eye, to the vet I would go. Is the dog squinting or pawing? If it were a reaction to food I would expect it to be both eyes. In your position I would have a vet appt. yesterday. There are a lot of things I take a wait and see position on - eyes are not one of them.

Additionally, if I'm going to put anything in their eyes, sterile plain saline is it, until the vet has a chance to verify what's going on.

PS - Saline (plain, like you put your contacts in) is a great thing to have in your doggie first aid kit. You can use it to wash out eyes, and rinse off wounds.

No offense but I think you are a little paranoid. It takes at LEAST a few weeks for a food allergy to appear (more common for it to take months to years).

Umm... Don't tell Emma that! She can eat something, and be deathly ill within the hour.