Can Anyone Give Me Any Advice On Removing Red Staining From My Bichon Frise

[omamori]

coat. I have tried lotions,creams and food addatives but nothing seems to
work. He keeps licking his rear and the staining is quite bad and is spoiling
his appearance.

Thanks.

[andres]

If he keeps licking his rear then he is probably itching . Could be worms or maybe his anal glands . Either way I would take him to the vet and get him checked out.

[Clanad]

Good advice from andres[i... but won't help the red stain. We have (actually Mrs. C has) a [i]Zuchon] which is an F1 cross between a Bichon and Shih-Tsu... same problem especially since she's a little white dog. Common to Maltese as well.

She has the red staining at her rear but also at the eyes and around the mouth. A product here in the U.S. called Angel Eyes (a food additive) seems to work for treating the eyes, but we've just had to live with the mouth (and other area) stains.

Our vet says all dogs, regardless of color have such yeast induced stains, it's just more pronounced on white dogs.

Additionally, this dog requires grooming about once a month (hair grows quickly, but no shedding) and the groomer takes pains to trim closely around the eyes and mouth, which does help...

We've also found that a paste mixture of equal parts of Milk of Magnesia and corn starch mixed with just enough 3% peroxide to make the paste and applied to the dogs eyes,and mouth (won't work for the rear areas, since they'll lick it off) will bleach it out with no harm to the dog. Apply it overnight and rinse well the next day... may take a few dedicated days of doing the application/rinse procedure to get an adequate cleaning.

Our vet also said treatment with tetracycaline drugs seem sto work a lot of the time, but we didn't think the condition serious enough to resort to antibiotics... Goog luck!

[Connemmara]

when I had my dog very young - he started to lick his rear end and of course I should have taken him to vet but treated it successfully myself. I tied his body up loosely with a big scarf so that he couldn't reach his rear end and used liquid paraffin and he was great within a day or two.

[jules77]

Are his anal glands impacted?