That is crazy! I get it though. With all there is to do on a homestead, it's easy to overlook certain things. I had a dog that would hang out with us during the day, but sleep with the goats at night and one day I noticed her limping. Turns out she had foxtails in her paws. Not only that, but they were in between her toes on all 4 paws, in her tail and both of her haunches. It took some time to get her to calm down because she was in a lot of pain. I felt so bad because it had happened over the course of a week and I hadn't noticed until it affected her walk. From then on, it became part of my nightly routine to put the kids to bed, then strap on a headlamp and my trusty revolver and head out to the pasture with a pair of tweezers to check her for foxtails. Thos first few nights I spend an hour with her. I had to go really slow, but after a while she came to become more used to it and almost seemed like she enjoyed it. Anyway, glad his eye is fine. Good work Papa!