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Originally Posted by boopster  OK -- so while I digest all this (no pun intended) I have another question. Somewhere I read that runny eyes can be the result of a food allergy. Is that true or did I imagine it? I thought someone posted about particular foods helping eyes to be less runny. |
Your Tallulah is only 5 months old (tomorrow actually....Happy 5 month bday Tallulah!!!
), and my experience with both of mine has been that their eyes teared more when they were puppies, and then even more while they were teething (Maya is almost 6 months old now and her tearing has slowed way down). Bella tears some still, but her face isn't wet typically...she does tear more when my allergies are bothering me (so something must be in the air) or when it's dusty or even sometimes when it's really windy. Both she and Maya had wet little faces a lot of the time until they were closing in on 6 months or so. SOOOO, give her a chance....she may "outgrow" it. If not, it could be a food allergy, or it could just be environmental. I would start by keeping the carpets vacuumed and floor swept...these little guys are all the way down there so dust and allergens will bother them way more than they would a bigger dog or us. Another thing that could help is to fill her water bowls with distilled DRINKING water (they make distilled water that's NOT for drinking, so make sure it says drinking water on the bottle!) instead of tap water. My girls drink Nursery Water....it's distilled drinking water with fluoride (like is found in tap water) and it's for mother's to use in formula instead of tap water. I've heard that distilled water can sometimes help with tearing....not sure if that's what helped us or not?? Maya still teared a lot even with that, though, so maybe not?? A lot of YT'ers swear by it. I just continue to give them the nursery water because of Bella's liver.
