When Capone the dog first arrived at Benton Animal Services in Arkansas, staff thought he was blind, but it was more complicated than that.
Susan Taylor, a volunteer at the shelter, recalls how Capone was "thought to be blind" when he first arrived in the summer of 2025. "He was confused, uncomfortable, and his eyes were covered in gunk," Taylor told Newsweek.
It was only after Capone received treatment that the truth started to emerge. A veterinarian diagnosed Capone with dry eye and prescribed eye drops. Soon after, however, as Taylor puts it "everything went sideways."
It started while Taylor was out walking Capone. "He pulls a lot [on the leash] and was out in front of me for about a half mile," she said. "When we stopped for a moment, he turned to face me and his eyes had pooled with blood."
Taylor ran all the way back to the shelter with Capone, who was then rushed to a vet. That was when the truth of his condition became clear. "It wasn't dry eye; it was entropion," Taylor said. Entropion occurs in dogs when an eyelid rolls inward, causing eyelashes and fur to rub against the cornea.
This leads to inflammation, ulcers and, in the worst case, vision loss. "Capone needed...
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