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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie  Thanks for the continued advice.
I should have posted photos earlier illustrating what I'm talking about.
1st one: Jillie freshly groomed. You can see the black, tear stained hair coming down from her right eye. It's actually on both sides.
Other 2: Closeups taken just 4 days later. I'd brushed her 2 or 3 times, but didn't try rinsing with anything.
It just drives me crazy that her hair is a mess within days of a bath. |
Does Jillie do better during the warmer months, or is this year round?
If it is year round, I think there should be something you can do, because that is a lot of wetness/staining on her beautiful face.
Has she ever been on antibiotics for anything? Max has been antibiotics a couple times and I wonder if that is what cured his tear stains. He also had antibiotic eyedrops.
On Teddy, I occasionally use Happytails eyepads which has the same effect as the mixture mentioned above. Some people don't want to use them, arguing the collodial silver might make the dog resistant to antibiotics.
When you wash Jillie's face, make sure to move the hair at the corners of her eyes against the direction of hair growth. Separate the hairs as best you can to remove the reddish gunk, the yeasty stuff.
Nancy1999 has a great link to a list of the many causes of tear stains. She had great success in curing Joey's by using Gerber baby water for his drinking water for a short period.
I would talk to your vet too.