Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Woman's dog went blind. Her response was perfect." video.

putting down a young dog because they're blind is a pretty ignorant reaction. I thought it was generally known that sight is much less important for dogs than for humans. I think deafness is a bit worse for a pet dog, since you pretty much can't let them off leash because you can't recall them. plus other commands that can be important are much more difficult - smart humans can teach dogs sign commands, but those can only work when the dog expects a command and is looking at you, so deaf dogs can ignore you much more than a hearing dog.
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I think full blindness from old age is somewhat rare in dogs, though many get bad vision from catracts (if your dog's eyes get cloudy, that's what that is). generally, blindness is one of the less bad health issues for old dogs because it isn't painful. there are plenty of worse things to worry about than blindness though, such as cancer, painful joint issues, or cardiovascular disease (the latter two are the primary reasons why it's a massive problem if your dog is fat, because it makes them die early and painfully). pet health insurance could be nice, but if you can't afford it, you should probably at least google around for tips about a reasonable minimum of medical checkups your dog should have that may be able to detect issues early enough to do somethingabout them (look for sources other than vet clinics that benefit from getting people to apend as much money as possible at the vet). if your dog is a specific breed or specific mix of breeds, you can look up diseases that are particularly common with those breeds (sadly dog breeding in general has long been very irresponsibly focused on creating aesthetics, and almost all breeds have specific bred-in hereditary diseases because getting those out of the gene pool was not considered very important). and you can look up how to monitor an old dog's health yourself, like looking for lumps that could be cancer every one in a while and such.
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@whispermcgaughy7251 like I said, look for sources of information that don't benefit from getting you to spend money. if you take your dog to a vet and ask for advice, the vet is financially incentivised to tell you to bring in the dog often and buy all the tests and treatments they offer. it's not in their interest to tell you how to get the most benefit from whatever budget you can afford, and certainly not to tell you how to do things yourself that could potentially prevent issues that would require veterinary care. that's probably why from what I hear, many vets are very tolerant of people overfeeding their pets - because it creates problems that the vet ends up getting paid for (and of course those owners also tend to be very exhausting to confront, because in their mind, they are being nice to their pets by constantly feeding them). there certainly are vets who largely prioritise the animals' wellbeing, but they're likely to lose money by doing it.
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