[hungover]

Originally Posted by Line-of-Fire

AKC makes some handy-dandy tear wipes. I don't use them personally, but that's because we have GSDs and our whippets... Well it doesn't really matter lol.
But i've seen the wipes remove stains in white dogs that other people I know show.

Have never tried them personally. Do you know any one that does. Would be interested to see if they work. I have recently discovered that angels delight have released a paste for tears that you wipe on, let it dry and then brush off. Apparantly it is aimed at dog showers that are too impatient to wait for the powder to kick in.Haven't tried it myself (powder great- dunno about the paste) but here is a link so that you can read up on it.

http://bichonhotel.co.uk/shop/index....a618bf71e024b4

I still believe that diet change would be the cheapest way forward for most people, granted, it is v hard to work out what the problem foods are

[Line-of-Fire]

Yeah I know of a couple people who use them. One owns a maltese, and said that they usually do the trick on the little girl. I've never heard of the paste, but I don't pay much attention to tear-stain removers. We never have to worry about it. But it's nice when you don't want to pick the eye boogers out with your hands lol.

I'll post a picture of the package tomorrow. I have one, but I won it in Juniors or something. I'll put it up then.

[hungover]

Hi Line-of-fire

fortunately we don't get the boogers, just the red stains but i have seen them on other dogs- apparently they get quite smelly if left too long- ich...

[Macky]

I feed Premium Edge dry dog food mixed with a small bit of premium can food or hamburger. Their drinking water is filtered with Brita Water Filter system. I have had no problem with tear stains. My boston terrier had tear stains until I switched to Brita filter system and his stains cleared up.

[CocosMom]

This is my first post here, but say no more!

My little Coco has had tear stain problems for months. I tried all the topical products, like you all mentioned above, Angel Eyes, Eye Envy.. They don't take the stains away, it just covers them up plus its bad for my Coco. My friend visited me from Florida and she said there was an all natural product that worked for her poodle.. I googled it, Purifeye is the name of it. I have had Coco on it for about 4months, and I havent actually given it to Coco in probably a good month, but the stains havent come back. Its easy to give as well, not like wiping all the chemicals on your dog. Im just a loving dog mom, and I want everyone to be happy with there dogs, because ever since I found purifeye, my Coco seems to get noticed alot more! I love it. Go green, buy all natural products...

Take a look for yourself, im not advertising anything, im just here to help all of you concerned dog parents.

I hope it works =]]
Take care,
Shannon (Coco's Mom)

[mandarin.mint]

My mom always complains about my dogs and his tear stains (he's a shih-tzu maltese mix). I asked a breeder one time about how to get rid of the tear stains, and she told me to massage the area daily with your fingertips. . .I guess it helps to clear out the ducts. I never tried it on my dog because he is extremely fidgety. . .he can never stay still! He is also extremely temperamental. Whenever I groom him, he thinks it's a game and tries to bite my hands or pull the brush away from my hand, etc. Then he'd start growling and snapping at me and them running away and hiding. So, after a while, I stopped letting his hair grow out long to minimize grooming.

I am really interested in the diet being the cause for the tear stains (this means that there is a way to get rid of them!) I feed Bailey high quality dog feed. . .Canidae. However, I know my dad secretly feeds my dog table scraps! Could feeding the dog table human food be the cause of his tear stains? Or could it be his dog food?

[flipgirl]

Tear stains could be related to a number of things, food allergies, blocked ducts, eye infection, etc. I do massage the bridge of my dog's nose to clear the ducts but i think in her case, it's the food and water. The water where I live is really hard so I filter it using a Brita filter. I know it isn't the best filter but it's the only one I can afford. I was buying jugs of distilled water but what a pain! I think Angels Eyes was discussed earlier in this thread but it didn't do anything for my dog and I didn't like the fact that it was an antibiotic (I was giving her probiotics while on Angels Eyes). Anyway, I used to feed my dog kibble but changed to a semi-homemade food and it's made a huge difference. I add meat, oil, egg, an orange veggie, a green veggie, an apple and blueberries or raspberries to a pre-mix and then bake into muffins. You can also try putting a 1/2 tsp. of apple cider vinegar in her drinking water to neutralize the ph of the water. Be sure to wipe the eye area with a clean cloth and warm water so the excess goop doesn't stick around and cause potential infection. She still gets boogers but she doesn't have the stains around her mouth and she doesn't look sick anymore. I also try to trim the hair around the eyes so that they aren't sticking into her eyes. The good thing is that I know when to change my Brita filter, when her stains come out again (still not as bad as before when she was on kibble though).