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Eye Tearing Theory - Please Help! Someone once told me they bring jugs of water home from their mom's house because mom is on a well. Her dog's teary eyes cleared up after mom had babysat for 2 weeks. The lady was on city water. Gerber Pure Nursery water removes all fluoride. The other brand (Nursery Water) does not remove the fluoride. My hunch is that the Gerber water works because there is something about the fluoride that causes some dog's eyes to tear up. So please help me test my theory. If your dog now has runny, wet eyes, or use to have wet eyes before using Gerber water, please tell me if you were on fluoridated city water. If you have no problems, are you on well water? I may be way off base, but I swear, I'm seeing more and more of a connection here. I'd love to figure this out because so many of our pups are bothered by wet eyes. |
I have thought the same thing since I got Macy and noticed her face was wet all the time. We are on city water with fluoride added. I switched to Gerber water (without fluoride) and within a couple of weeks her eyes were clear and no eye buggers to date. She has been on the Gerber water for about 6 months. YOu have to read the label carefully for the no fluoride added water. Mine is a blue label and WalMart carries it. The one with fluroide added in is a pink label. |
We were using deer park water and both dogs had bad tear stains. I'm not sure if deer park has fluoride in it, but it might. We switched to Gerber water and now there are no tear stains! |
Bogie had horrible tear stains but Jada didn't. I switched to Gerber water almost 2 years ago. Bogie has no staining at all now. I also switched to grain free kibble at about the same time and we are also on a well. IDK which change effected his tear stains because I did the changes too closely together to know. |
What I'm reading is that between dog kibble and fluoridated drinking water, our dogs are getting 2 1/2 - 3x the recommended safe amount of fluoride. The number can be higher for puppies and small dogs. Watery eyes are one clinical symptom of fluoride over exposure. Honestly, I do think there is a connection. |
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im going to get gerber today. Waffles eyes are always wet. |
Hate to crash you theory, but fluoride has nothing to do with it. If it did most water filters would work because they remove flouride. Also, Gerber’s sells water with and without fluoride. It's the overabundance of minerals in some water, minerals such as lime and calcium etc. that seem to bother some dogs. |
The city of Barrie, Ontario where I live does not add any flouride to the water - yet my Yorkie has very teary eyes. :( |
Nancy, That is exactly why I wanted help with this. I knew I could get feedback from people all over the globe here. Help me understand, so it's the lime and calcium in the city water, and blue bottle Gerber water has removed the lime and calcium? Can lime and calcium be removed with a home water filter, and does that solve the problem then? |
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