Tear staining in puppies

RE: Tear staining in puppies

Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:31:51 GMT

keep the periocular hair clipped short - especially on the nose where it curls back, and use a daily light smear of vaseline in the worst stained areas to prevent the tears from 'soaking in' and staining.

RE: Tear staining in puppies

Thomas Johnson — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:10:44 GMT

[quote user="Niall Taylor"]I used to flush the living daylights out of them and occasionally instill glucocorticoids but it made no long-term difference. Now I tell people it is a typical characteristic of a brachy-type dog and they need to manage it with wipes etc to avoid excessive crusting which will result in dermatitis and conjunctivitis.[/quote]

I've found the same, and I have no particular experience of using it but TVM claim that their eye cleaner Ocryl is particularly good for cleaning away tear staining:

http://www.tvm-uk.com/ocryl/

RE: Tear staining in puppies

Niall Taylor — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:28:48 GMT

I used to flush the living daylights out of them and occasionally instill glucocorticoids but it made no long-term difference. Now I tell people it is a typical characteristic of a brachy-type dog and they need to manage it with wipes etc to avoid excessive crusting which will result in dermatitis and conjunctivitis.

Niall