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....you should be able to massage it back in fairly easily, and quickly so she doesn't need to squirm too much. Try not to hold her head--they resist that just like a baby does. But, if it's staying out more than it's it, it will need surgery. Good luck!

at 13 weeks and we had it surgically fixed.  I've heard that removing the gland works well, I've even heard of some vets that do that procedure without anesthesia (Dr Kinear in Staten Island NY is one).  Our guy had his tacked and it never popped out again.  It sounds like the pup will need some kind of help if it pops out that frequently.

I made an app with the vet to talk about the different surgical techniques she might offer.  I know of two just not witch exactly it could be the "Conjunctival Mucosa Pocket Procedure" which creates a pocket to place the prolapsed gland inside and then the pocket is closed with very fine absorbable opthalmic sutures. Or to merely suture the replaced gland again with sutures.  Or the removal of the gland(I know she has this one).  She a VERY active bully so I wonder if she will be the 20% the sutures will not wrk for... I also am not sure if I will be spaying her so I figured I could do them all at the same time.. More questions for my vet I guess...  I wonder if anyone has noticed if the ones that don't wrk are for active bulls?  How is yours?  They sutures worked for your bull is he active?  My girl is nuts (just like mom)  that is why we kept her.  Bella used to run up the way literally...

the tacking procedure where they go down into the cheek and tack it.  Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago, but he never had any problems with it.  There is a lot of talk that removing the gland causes dry eye, but from what I've read, it's not really been proven.  If I had to do another pup, I would go for the removal.  

is that where you will take her?

Our first bulldog Rocky developed a cherry eye as a puppy. At that time our vet whom is a very highly respected bulldog specialist leaned towards the "snip" or removal.  Procedure took less than one minute, no recovery at all and within a few hours his eye looked completely normal with no complications.  As he got older he did develop a bit of dry eye in both eyes but did not think it was any worse in the eye that had had the snip than in the other  one that had nothing ever done.

Harley also developed a cherry eye the day we were driving to pick him up.  Same vet but now he prefers the "pocket" technique.  Had the surgery,  a few days of difficult recovery  as it was obviously irritated and he wanted to paw at it a bit.  We were initially very discouraged as after a few months it still looked red and swollen.  It actually took several months but now although we can tell the difference in that eye it is barely noticeable.  He is still only 2 1/2 so don't know how this will be as he gets older.  Shortly after having the first eye done his other eye started to occasionally "pop" out. Noticed it would do this more often when he was being quite active.   We had read about massaging it back and were able to do this quite easily.  Gradually, as he got older it came out less and less.  Lasted for a few month with us massaging it back and since he has been about a year old it has never popped out again. 

It is a tough choice but based on our experience I think if I ever had to deal with this again I would first make every attempt to massage it back but if that did not work I would probably go with the snip.

Good Luck with whatever you decide!

I have yet to have a puppy with cherry eye in 15/16 years but IMO it is inherited. But if you are planniing on showing this bitch, she is of nice quality, health and temperment I would not rule out breeding a bitch that has had cherry eye.  It is a minor problem in the whole skeem of things. If your intention was to buy a pet, not show, then have her spayed.  I think you are fine with Dr. Butchko but if your breeder/mentor is recommending another vet and you feel comfortable with either and both are convenient I would stick with what your mentor is suggesting. 

I personally would have the gland removed. I have yet to hear of dry eye related directly to cherry eye surgery, and these guys tend to get dry eye at a later age anyway.  I have heard that the tacking and pocket procedures are not always successful and have to be done again.  I would prefer to not take that chance and have to put the dog under twice for something that could have been taken care of once.  There are some vets that will not remove the gland (stating it is unethical).

Best of luck!