When a dog's eye is injured or infected, a vet will often prescribe an eye patch to help your dog heal correctly. If your vet has prescribed an eye patch, or if you have discovered your dog can benefit from one, find a suitable eye patch as soon as possible.
Instructions
Ask your vet to provide you with an eye patch. If your vet has prescribed an eye patch, he will most likely have a suitable one that is available for you to use. If your vet offers an eye patch, you should choose this patch first because eye patches that are made for dogs are gong to be better suited for them than regular eye patches.
Discuss with your vet the possibility of buying an eye patch at a pet supply store. If the eye patches your vet has are too expensive, or he does not have any in stock, he will give you a brand name to look for and a suggestion of which stores will carry eye patches. Take your vet's recommendation for the brand to buy.
Search at a pet supply store like PetCo or PetSmart. If your vet did not recommend a brand or if you are looking for a patch without your vet's consideration, your local pet supply store might have a selection of them. Ask someone who works at the store to direct you to the dog eye patches.
Travel to a animal medical supply store or a vet supply store if you cannot find what you are looking for at a pet supply store. If you still can't locate an eye patch, also try searching online through a search engine such as Google.com or Bing.com.
You also can ask your local zoo if they have any animal eye patches that might be modified to fit your dog. Often zoos have old equipment that they are willing to part with cheaply. Ask a zoo keeper to help you understand the eye patch and teach you how to modify it to fit your dog.
Use an eye patch made for people as a last resort. These can be found at discount stores, department stores and medical supply stores. If you are using this type of eye patch, customize it for your dog's head and make adjustments to it so it will stay secure.