When Puppies Open Their Eyes Are They Blue

It this stage they are wholly blue.

When puppies open their eyes are they blue. When the puppies are born their eyes are all closed. Puppies ears begin to open soon after the eyes do generally around 14 to 18 days old. Right around the two week old mark you ll see his eyes start to open and more often than not they will be foggy and bluish. A few types of puppies open their eyes sooner than others while some of them take longer time.

Puppies eyes open about two weeks after they are born. A puppies eyes are closed at birth and stay closed for the first 8 to 14 days of life. The first development in puppies eyesight occurs when they open their eyes for the first time mostly within the 10 and 14 days. Their open eyes continue to develop for several more weeks.

Generally by the age of two months most puppies will have brown eyes unless they are genetically predisposed to maintain the blue eye color as seen in certain breeds such as this siberian husky puppy in the picture. Some puppies eyes are bluer than others and some can even have a slightly grayish appearance at least at first. When a puppy first opens their eyes the surroundings appear hazy. Puppy s eyes start out lighter in color because the iris lacks melanin.

Their body color is generally pink and it slowly transforms into the color of the breed. Their eyes only begin to reveal themselves and slowly open after that point. This is the time to enjoy the blue eyed stage where their eyes are blue and wholly uniform in color meaning there is no change from the irises to the pupils. Two and three week old puppies will be able to track objects with their eyes and judge how far away a toy or a moving object is.

As the pups complete on the week the eyes remain closed. That is there is no visible difference between the iris and the pupil. It is only in the second week that the eyes start to open slowly. They can see the beautiful world with their eyes.

But even then two week old puppies won t see the world clearly. Puppies eyes are closed for the first 8 to 14 days of their lives. When they first time opens their eyes puppies can see light and motion or gesture.