Getting rid of tear-stains in white dogs?

[Catlady711]

I can't say much for dogs, however Dusty has had a tear stained eye for years. I was told by the vet to use plain Saline Solution to rinse the eye out, and to use peroxide on a Q-tip to clean the stains. She doesn't have an eye infection (although if I don't keep it cleaned it can become one), the vet said it was a partially blocked tear duct. Being that she's a cat and the surgery is difficult for them being small, and her age, we've opted to not do surgery.

However you do need to be careful with those commercial 'eye cleansers/wipes'. We got some once that had been recommended by a friend, and Dusty got a bad eye infection from using them, and no I didn't get them in her eye. Ended up that I wasted money on the fancy cleanser, and then had to spend extra $$ on eye meds! So now I'm leary of those type of products and don't use them. The peroxide and saline solution seem to work fine.

Good luck

[daryl]

The very popular Angels Eyes and Angels Glow are definately the fastest food additive tear stain removers but please be aware that they work because they contain the antibiotic tylosin which has never been approved for dog use (anywhere in the world!!!)

There are loads of natural products out there which work as well, perhaps a little slower.

These have the advantage of being.

1. Legal.

1. Safe in the long term (check ingredients closely).

1. Natural and drug free.

1. Less likely to affect the efficiency of Vet meds.

1. Likely to have added health benefits.

I am extremely happy with Angels Delight from Bichon Hotel as a natural tear stain remover for my dogs. The people there explained to me that I could reduce the long term usage by switching to feeding raw- it seems that in nature dogs rarely ate grains.

http://www.bichonhotel.co.uk/angels_delight

As for the other natural products I have not used them but I have read good reports about NaturVet.

Beware of the surge of products claiming to have FDA approved ingredients but in reality are Tylosin based- I hate this type of selling as they don't tell you that Tylosin is FDA approved but not for dogs