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Q. My dogâs eyes are red. A. Dr. Nunnery: Changes in the color of the eyes can be disconcerting. In fact, itâs one of the most common eye concerns that compel owners to bring dogs to the vet.. My dog has been squinting, as well as rubbing, his eyes. A. Squinting or holding the eye shut usually indicates ocular pain, which can be intense because there are so many sensory nerve endings on the corneaâs surface.
Eye Colours. The default eye colour for dogs is brown: However, a number of genes can affect eye colour. Amber Eyes. Amber eyes usually occur when the eumelanin produced by the dog is diluted or modified by the recessive genes in the B or D series. In other words, all liver dogs (bb) have amber eyes, and so do blue and isabella dogs (dd). Amber eyes vary from light brown (overlapping with the lighter eyes sometimes found in black-pigmented dogs) to yellow, yellow-green or grey.