New Here... My shorkies fur is changing color!?!?

[LBBUGS13]

On the tear stains, I have a friend who says that her friend who breeds malti's uses only distilled water for feeding and it seems to help.  Kuma is darker colored (right now) and I use the puppy eye wipes about once or twice a week.

[bat27]

Hi, I have heard that also, and more often now give Ozzy bottled water it seems to help the stains. Also someone else here mentioned giving 1 tbsp of apple cider vinagar to them which I did in his water.

[TravisKR]

Meika has changed abit, shes gettin alot of grey amonst her fur especially around her genitals

[shorkiejem]

All Shorkies that I know of all change colors to the lighter.  Head, body.  It may look dark near the roots, but it lightens in time as well.  I don't think your dog will retain much black.  Does anyone have a Shorkie where they retained black?  It would be neat though.  Jemma was dark brown and black and changed to honey with some blond.  All Shorkies are beautiful.

[hj]

rocco was darker, but we gave him a little hair cut and he had more silver/white underneath at 3 months.  the other night we gave him another cut and he is actually darker now, more black and tan. he's 4.5 months now.  i guess that's just the difference in the undercoat to "hair" coat colors.  rocco is more shih tzu so he has the undercoat.

i read somewhere that eye watering and staining can helped if fed raw carrots.  i dont' think it helps, but rocco loves the carrots.