| If you own a Maltese dog then you may have found | | | | in it as well. This treatment will need to be used for |
| that with the Maltese breed it is common to be | | | | some time before the benefits show. |
| cleaning Maltese tear stains to keep their faces white | | | | Treatment 3 - Ak-Trol is an eye drop medication |
| and clean. | | | | which is prescribed for people to use and contains |
| Cleaning Maltese tear stains can be frustrating if you | | | | neomycin, polymyxin B and dexamethasone. |
| are using a method that does not work or if you are | | | | Treatment 4 - Flagyl is an anti diarrhea medication that |
| trying a method that may possibly harm your precious | | | | the vet will prescribe for treating yeast or giradia |
| dog. | | | | infections in dogs. However the metronidazole that it |
| When I got my first Maltese I was constantly looking | | | | contains has also found to be effective in helping to |
| for ways to clean up or prevent the Maltese eye stain. | | | | treat tear stains, especially if the problem has because |
| I found that tear staining is a condition which is | | | | there has been an excessive growth of red yeast in |
| common in this particular breed. | | | | the animal. |
| I had heard that there were many different eye stain | | | | My favorite solution (after trying numerous options for |
| treatments available to help prevent tear staining, | | | | removing tear stains): |
| however there were many treatments that were | | | | Treatment 5 - A special powder that is mixed with my |
| harmful to my dog and I wanted to be sure I was | | | | dog's food. This is an internal treatment that works |
| using an effective and safe method on my precious | | | | from the inside out. I don't have to apply ointments or |
| pet. | | | | solutions and this makes it easy to do. It is an all natural |
| In this article I will share with you 5 treatments that are | | | | powder that I simply add to my dog's food. For my |
| commonly discussed as solutions to cleaning maltese | | | | maltese it helped to cure the problem of maltese eye |
| tear stains. | | | | stain very quickly and has continued to work over the |
| The first 4 treatments are ones that I DO NOT | | | | long term. I liked that it was safe for puppies and |
| recommend. | | | | pregnant dogs. It contains only natural ingredients so it |
| The 5th and last treatment I discuss is the one that I | | | | is unlikely to cause any unwanted side effects in your |
| have found to be the safest, easiest and most | | | | dog compared to some of the other treatments I |
| effective treatment and it is the one I use on my own | | | | mentioned above. |
| maltese dogs. | | | | What do I like about this method? I saw results very |
| 4 maltese eye stain treatments to avoid: | | | | quickly. I did not need to get a prescription from the |
| Treatment 1 - Tetracycline is a ten day course of | | | | veterinarian. So totally easy to use. I don't have to |
| treatment that your veterinarian will prescribe and may | | | | apply any solutions or ointments to my dog. This |
| well need to be repeated a second time to be | | | | treatment works from the inside out so it stops the |
| effective. If it is used on puppies it can cause their | | | | problem from where it is starting. The ingredients are |
| teeth to be stained yellow permanently before they | | | | all natural and my Maltese love the taste. Bottom Line? |
| have even grown. | | | | This powder really works for my maltese. It just might |
| Treatment 2 - Delta AlbaPlex is an antibiotic similar to | | | | help you battle your dog tears stains too. |
| tetracycline but contains very low amounts of steroid | | | | |