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Just want to remind people that many things can cause tearing, allergies to foods, environmental allergies, an improper pH, a low grade infection, or even too many minerals in the water. The Gerber water worked for Joey when he was a puppy, but at around 11 months, I didn’t need to use the Gerber water anymore. His eyes were clear until we did a food change and then he had a terrible tearing problem, but switching back to his regular food cleared it up. If your dog has just an occasional eye bugger, I wouldn’t worry about it. Tearing is bad, when the hair on the face is wet most of the time, and this can lead to other things like yeast infections. The Gerber water is a safe easy fix if minerals are the problem and to really test it, you should give it at least a week without any other water, if the eyes are much better than your dog might be sensitive to something other than the minerals in water. Here some more information on tearing: Tear Staining: The Causes & Cures |
I have been using the Gerber Nursery water for about a year now. I always get mine at Wal-mart for $1.00 a gallon. I think it does make a difference Bogie used to have the ugly brown tear stains and with his lighter face it was really noticeable. He still has a little tearing but they don't stain his hair now. |
Nancy, I read that link and I actually started putting white vinegar in Layla's water this week because of it. Her "tears" are more like eye goobers... dark brown gunk I pull out of the corners of her eyes. We have switched food a few times since last fall and don't see much of a difference! I was hoping to wait for some more results from others before trying the Gerber water. |
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I was going to grow Layla's out to begin with, but at her first ever grooming it was shaved, so I just kept up with that. It's been 6 years of clipping now! |
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Count us in for jumping on the Gerber bandwagon - just to see what happens. Rocco's tearing and boogies have improved since his food was switched a few months ago, but he still has them. The water can't hurt, so to me it's worth a try. I'll report the results. |
This is so interesting. I am going to be trying this for our little Rudi. His tears are not terrible but his face does stay wet and slightly stained a lot of the time. I am sure he would greatly appreciate less moments of me poking around cleaning out his eye boogies :P |
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Taycie does tear... depending on the weather, allergy season, and it doesn't help we are growing out her nose hair, I will be glad when this part is over! But her tearing has subsided substainually since using it. However, she does not stain.. not at all.. and before her face was always super wet, and she was really getting horrible tear stains. I know changing her diet made a huge difference. But I really think the Gerber Water helps. |
I know I shouldn't get too excited after less than 48 hours using Gerber water, but Teddy didn't have any eye gunk today and his face is completely dry. He is having a bath tomorrow, so I will see if his face stays clean. |
Celine just turned two. I read this link a while back and tried distilled water. I don't know why but it works. My DH says oh that's bologna, so we filled with regular water again, sure enough her face was constantly wet. If he adds tap water to it, I guarantee I will be able to tell!:eek: |
I found the gallon Gerber baby water at Wal-Mart today. It was in the water aisle. Thanks for the info! We're anxious to see if it works for Tessie. |
We use filtered water (from the fridge) or if we're traveling to the deer lease or a job site, we use bottled water. Allie has horrible eye boogers/goop. Westley seems to have them ocassionally, and Noah doesn't seem to have any, but I also keep his hair shorter. I'm going to jump on the gerber band wagon and try it too. |
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