MEDICAL NAMES ARE often tongue-twisters but few are more challenging than keratoconjunctivitis sicca, which is the official description of a common canine complaint — dry eye. For the sake of simplicity, it is usually known by the abbreviation KCS. Common though it may be, I must admit that I’d never come across it until last season. I was out shooting with sporting vet Roger Bannock when he stopped after the second drive to administer eye drops to his spaniel, Wiggy (pictured above).
Roger explained that Wiggy, a 10-year-old cocker,
