Why does the golden retriever have tear stains?

Reasons for golden hair to have tear stains:

1. Eye inflammation

If the blond hair's eyes are inflamed, there will naturally be a lot of tears around the eyes.

2. Get angry

If the dog eats food or dog food that is too dry, too salty, and does not replenish enough water every day, it will cause the dog to get angry and the eyes will secrete tears.

3. Eat too salty

Golden Retrievers can completely eat foods without salt, such as boiled chicken legs, boiled beef, and boiled stick bones. These golden retrievers will never shed a tear.

4. Ear mites

If the golden retriever has ear mites, if it is not cleaned in time, it will easily cause the golden retriever to have tear stains.

5. Congenital

Some golden hairs have congenital eyelid deformities or inverted eyelashes. Common eyelid deformities are divided into valgus, eyelid edge tears, or eyelash volume or eyelash volume, which stimulates the cornea, causing white hyperemia, tears, scaling, and frequent blinking. Disease, if the golden retriever is found to have the above symptoms, the owner should send it to the pet hospital for examination in time.

6. Canine distemper

Pet owners have noticed that canine distemper can also cause severe tear stains in golden retrievers, accompanied by red eyes and purulent discharge from the nasal cavity. If in the middle and late stages of canine distemper, golden retrievers will also have elevated body temperature, repeated fever, vomiting and pulling, not eating or drinking, and mental depression. According to the comprehensive analysis of the above conditions, golden retrievers are more likely to suffer from canine distemper.

7. Hair around the eyes is too long

For the long-haired golden retriever breed, the hair grows quite fast, and the careless pet owner does not take it to be trimmed regularly, resulting in excessively long hair.

How to care for golden retriever with tear stains:

1. Trim eye hair. Cut off the polluted hair on the face of the golden retriever, and be careful not to hurt the golden retriever. If the short hair is too close to the face, you can keep it until it grows out and continue cutting.

2. Perform surgery. For the problem of inverted eyelashes, the owner should regularly pluck the dog’s eyelashes to reduce eyelash irritation. At present, surgery is a wise choice.

3. Drink plenty of water. If the dog has tear marks, you can give the dog a lot of water, or you can soak some honeysuckle to reduce the dog's fire.

4. With eye drops. Give the dog a little bit of special eye drops for pets in an appropriate amount, which can properly relieve the symptoms of eye inflammation.

5. Change to light dog food. To eliminate the problem of tear stains in golden retrievers, choosing dog food that can eliminate tear stains can help dogs effectively control the tear glands.