I cannot remember where I read this but i tried it today and thought that it worked well and figured I should share with everyone else since we all have to clean eyes and brush hair and teeth pretty much every day. Here goes I make myself a cup of chamomile tea take the tea bag out and when the tea bag is slightly warm, not hot, I wipe it under his eyes where the tear stains would be. then all i have to do is comb his face and all the eye stuff slides right off with the comb. I used to just use warm water but the chamomile seems to loosen it up better. Hope it work for everyone else as well as it does for me.