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Originally Posted by Cirlonde  Chloe is nine months old and she used to get eye boogers pretty bad; by that, I mean the globs of junk that then dried to a hard crusty mess. I changed her over to distilled water when she was about 5 or 6 months old and it almost completely eliminated the problem. (Her eyes weren't the only reason we switched to distilled...it's also handy because my husband and I travel at least once a month to visit family. The change in tap water was upsetting her tummy and I can get inexpensive distilled water at any Wal-Mart if we run out.)
I believe distilled water can sometimes help with eye gunk because dogs are disposing of minerals in their bodies and their leaking eyes is one outlet for this. I know there is a lot of debate about whether or not distilled water actually helps, but I can only speak from my own experience. Chloe's eyes do still water a bit (especially if I let the hair around her eyes get too long) but there is no longer a bad smell and it doesn't goop up. It just makes the sides of her snout look a little damp and it wipes off easily with a tissue or cloth.
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distilled does help but it is missing the minerals and some dogs will not drink it too much due to taste - I use to use this only as well but switched to spring bottled water instead as it has some of the minerals. My malt had a high bun as she would not drink the distilled enough so we went with spring