What can I do to prevent eye staining on a light colored Silk Dog?
Not all Silk Dogs will have eye staining, but many do. It goes along with a long haired breed. You can either clip the hair short at the corners of the eyes or pull it back into a small topknot when long, which may help irritation to the eyes. Secondly, giving them bottled water instead of tap water can help reduce the eye staining significantly. Adding some dried or fresh parsley to their food or water each days helps alot too! Just a heaping teaspoon or two should do it. There are also products on the market to clean the staining with. These are not all that valuable but they are worth a try to see if they’ll work on your dog or not. Remember that a puppy that is teething will have eye leakage, but most of them outgrow this by the time they are an adult.
