Stains, stains and more stains!

[speechmom53]

Hi All,

We are so much in love with our 5 month old baby boy Tubs! He is so good, which make it easier to take care of the Bulldog everyday care. I have been on top of keeping his nose rope clean, wiping his eyes and ears. Just this past week I have notices his tear stains getting away from me, even though I clean him everyday. I even noticed he is stained under his nose rope, on his neck under his collar and in the wrinkles around his mouth. I am at a loss here because I have been doing everything I know to keep up on the stains, but I don't know what has changed this week to make this all get out of hand. Are there any suggestions as to what I can use or do to get rid of these stains and keep them away????

Thank you advance for any infor you can pass along!
Jen and Tubs

 

[Lacey28]

What kind of food does he eat? He is too cute!

 

[speechmom53]

He is on Nutra Puppy Lamb and Rice formula! We switched him about a month ago from Prism, which is what the breeder had him on. We couldn't find that around here and not to mention the new food has help a lot with the gas!!!! LOL :D

 

[cali~jenn]

Well I am not sure where that food stands on the ratings list Dog Food Ratings at English Bulldog News. There are other nutra foods on there and the highest rating I saw was 3 stars which isnt horrible for a bully but you dont want to go lower and some of the nutra foods go as low as 1 star. First thing tho for my boy lamb stains him real bad. I would try switching the protein if you dont want to switch the food. The stains are a constant struggle for all bully owners for sure. You can try feeding filtered water, have heard that helps although it never did for me. A little apple cider vinegar in the water is also supposed to help but if the food is mainly the cause these other things wont do any good.

 

[speechmom53]

Thank you for the info. He is already on filtered water. My husband laughed at me when I first gave him filtered water, but I told him if we are drinking filtered water he will drink it too! I have been doing some reading about the stains and the dog food and we decided to switch him to AvoDerm puppy, Chicken and Brown Rice. After doing more research I became aware that it should help with oder and his coat. When I opened the bag I could notice a difference in the way the food smelled, much better! I noticed I was giving him a bath every other week because he was so oily and stinky. I hope this helps with the stains and the stinkiness. I was dividing up the food to wean him off of the Nutro and on to the AvoDerm and I dropped some of the AvoDerm on the floor and he grapped it right up. When I dropped some Nutro on the floor he eventually ate it, but he almost did it as "well it's there I guess I will eat it!" LOL Thank you again for the info and the help. We will see how this goes. I also ordered him Facial scrub from Carolina Pet Pantry. I read on another post that someone said it works well with keeping their whites white, so we will give it a try as soon as it arrives!

Thankfully Yours,

Jen and Tubs