hottopic01

Dear hottopic01 BARF is not a dog food brand, it is Bones and Raw Food (BARF) You could ask your vet about it when you take your dog in to be checked out. Thanks Pewithers I feel like a goose. Yeah I will have a chat to him re her diet. She has no other health problems apart from the staining. But then the old boy could probably do with a better diet! Wondering too if it might improve once she is desexed, wonder if hormones have something to do with it. I was waiting till she was a bit bigger to get desexed cause she is small and fine boned and she just didn't seem big enough at 6 months to get desexed LOL. But she came on heat about 2 weeks ago so had to postpone it. Will be interesting to see if it makes a difference as well. cheers

I was actually put onto a product called Brolene? (sorry can't remember exactly what its called) But you get it over the counter at the Chemist. It is for mild conjuctivitis. It is around $29.00. My little one had mild weepy eyes and i used these drops and it cleared up. Just a thought to get some when the symptons first start will save a trip to the vet and save some money of course lol

Weird enough my boy was a shocker on BARF with the staining, it's starting to reduce since he's been ont hat Black Hawk kibble so it makes me wonder what it is 'for him' that sparks it. I agree their diet is not the greatest product out there but the chi has no probs apart from being overwieght(he is on a diet) and he is 12 years old now. with no skin conditions losing a few teeth though. My old maltese (rest her soul) used to get staining as well but no where near what this one gets. but then the two oldies would groom each other and lick each others ears and eyes lol. He wont do that with this new one I also notice she seems to have more of the poodle coat around her head and the maltese shag on the rest of her body if that makes sense. I suppose it will be trial and error with the food. Just wondering though if you do only feed them fresh they wont be getting the vitamins and mineral that are in prepackaged food.

Thanks everyone, She is a 10 month old Maltese/silky with dash of poodle and chi. but she is all white and her skin is white with a couple of freckly type marks on her skin. she has dark brown eyes. I generally keep the hair around her face short to minimise it it just looks awful. She is an inside dog so i only wash her once a fortnight. Or should i wash her more? she's not a smelly dog and she gets brushed every day cause she loves it LOL. I also have a old male chi who is a bit overweight so they both get supercoat lite and mature dry food. I feed them the Platinum dog Roll from Coles she just gets a bigger portion than he does. As well as rawhide chews and liver straps etc. I was bathing her in my Dove body wash LOL but was wondering if there was another dog wash i could use that would help with the staining as well. I might try another type of dog food. I have heard of the BARF brand but don't know a supplier around here we are in Jimboomba (brisbane southside). She is going in next week to be desexed so will have a chat to the vet as well and get her checked out while she is there. cheers

Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks to remove or lesson the brown staining on white dogs around the face. Is there a product around that you can use my little one gets it around the eyes and under the chin. cheers