[Maltsnme]

You can clean the area with a gentle cleaner and keep it nice and dry with a little cornstarch combed through.

honestly, you hit it right on Nikki's Mum gentle cleaner, DAILY or TWICE daily if you can and you need to keep the hair out of the eyes...so you either need to keep that hair around the eyes trimmed, or you need to start banding it, when it gets long enough to fit into a band between the eyes..like this:

Ritzy had bad tear stains before I got her. (see photo below, she was 6 weeks) The above photo was taken when she was 4 mo old, ~1 month after getting here. See how light the stains got? I used Anna's products (which I have used on 4 dogs/puppies and it always works, just takes DILEGENCE and time, but you can use whatever you want, you just need to DO it, daily!!!)

They stayed this bad, if not worse, until she came to my house. So, just keep the area cleaned with a cleaner (don't use the products with anbiotics, you do NOT need them) and I don't think that tear staining as a puppy is always due to teething... many times it is the hair in the eyes.

Pictures of your baby please ))

Karla and Girlz

 

[Maltsnme]

i think the breeder tried to trim her hair and now its at awkward lengths around her nose and eyes (UGH), so it's not quite long enough to pull back into a band - but pretty close... i'm guessing maybe a month or less? i'm going to try clipping it back with these little flower clips. they're very light, so i don't think it's going to bother her at all. she seems completely comfortable with everything going on at our house, so i'm thinking i'll start washing her face today. i've been using a warm wash cloth, but it hasn't helped much.
i don't want to clip the hair around her eyes because i want it to grow out. i want to put her hair in bands, so i'm just going to let it all keep growing and clip it when necessary.

thanks everyone

EDIT: Walmart.com: Goody: Clear 3 Different Sizes Hair Rubber Bands, 1 ct: Hair Care can i use these to pull her hair out of her face?

Well, make sure you do it as soon as you can (go back and look at Ritzy's photo) because most people wait too long. It can be put into bands between teh eyes, pretty quick...then hold her, so she doesn't get down right away and rub it out.. she'll get used to it, quickly.

As for bands, go and look at some of the show bows sites. you need very light ones, that won't break hair

Karla~N~Girlz