| If you own a Maltese dog then you may have noticed | | | | Many Maltese owners accomplish this by putting the |
| that your dog has some leaking around the eye area | | | | hair around the eyes into a pony tail top knot above |
| and maybe some reddish brown eye staining that is | | | | the head - kind of cute for those of you that like that. |
| occurring. | | | | You can also trim the hair around the eyes but for |
| I have 5 Maltese dogs and I have a lot of experience | | | | those of you that have an unsteady hand or your |
| with Maltese eye stain and maybe I can help you with | | | | Maltese is a bit jumpy or skittish - I don't recommend |
| some solutions. | | | | that you do the trimming yourself or you may cause |
| When I got my first Maltese puppy, I noticed that my | | | | an injury. |
| cute little puppy had tear stains around her eyes and | | | | Tip 4 - I hesitate to even share this tip because I do |
| so I checked with my veterinarian to find out what | | | | NOT recommend that you do this. However it is |
| was going on. I found out that Maltese have a | | | | important for you to be aware of this method that |
| tendency toward eye stains in their breed. | | | | some Maltese owners use. Some people use bleach |
| Okay, so now what do I do? I got permission from my | | | | products applied to the hair around the eyes to get rid |
| vet to try several tear stain solutions and I will share a | | | | of these stains but this method can actually be |
| few here that might help you too. | | | | extremely harmful to your dog. In fact it can not only |
| Tip 1 - It helps your Maltese to keep their faces clean | | | | hurt your dog, it may well lead to further staining |
| and dry. When I was first dealing with Maltese eye | | | | around the eye area. |
| stain I washed my puppy's face every day. After | | | | Tip 5 - This is the only method I use now because it is |
| cleaning make sure the area is thoroughly dry. | | | | so easy and it works for all 5 of my Maltese dogs to |
| Tip 2 - Take a close look at the food your dog is | | | | keep their faces clean, dry and beautifully white. I use |
| eating along with the water that they drink. In some | | | | this special all natural powder and mix it in with my |
| cases there are dyes in the food which can actually | | | | dog's food or water. And within about 2 weeks the |
| exacerbate the tear staining further. One solution is to | | | | draining from the eyes stopped and after trimming |
| actually prepare the food yourself using only natural | | | | away the stained hair as it grew out my Maltese were |
| ingredients and allow them only to drink bottled water. | | | | beautiful and no longer had eye stain problems. So this |
| Tip 3 - It helps to keep the hair out of your Maltese | | | | is now my favorite way to battle those eye stains - |
| dog's eyes because hair in the eyes can increase eye | | | | with 5 Maltese I needed a simple easy fail-safe way |
| irritation and cause your dog's eyes to water and drain. | | | | that works. |