Vets have been left baffled by a dog born with hair growing through its eyes – after an animal lover adopted the pup from a farm where he was due to be put down.
Dog lover and garage worker Tracey Smith, 43, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent spotted the unique pooch, a Jack Russell-Papillon cross named Frankie, while delivering car parts to a local working farm, and noticed he had small tufts of hair sprouting through both of his eyes which she thought made him blind.
When the farmhand told her the dog would be put down because he was of no use to them being visually impaired, kind-hearted Tracey took the dog home for free and headed to the vets – but even they were left puzzled.
Seven years later, Tracey still has little answers on Frankie’s distinctive attribute, but she has surprisingly found that her pet isn’t completely blind, has no health problems and captures the hearts of her family and friends just like any other dog.
Jack Russell-Papillon cross has small tufts of hair growing through his eyeballs, a unique condition that has baffled vets
Dog lover and garage worker Tracey Smith, 43, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent rescued Frankie from being put down
Tracey said: ‘When I first saw Frankie, I was out delivering some parts at a farm – usually I just leave the parts and go but I saw these little bundles of fluff running around so I had a quick look.
Seven years on, Tracey still has little answers on Frankie’s distinctive attribute, but she has surprisingly found that her pet isn’t completely blind
He has no other health problems and seems like a completely normal dog in all other aspects of life
‘The vet gave Frankie his first injections and told me to just keep an eye on him and treat him as if he was a blind dog, by moving things out of the way.
The vet discovered that there is a tiny part of his eyes that Frankie is able to see out of
Tracey claims the vets have never said exactly what Frankie could have, but they believe he has two cysts behind his eyes