Proper food for Dog with Tear Stains, and one Overweight

Alot of people don’t know Maltese have food allergies…I had my maltese for almost 15 years then 3 years he had a enlarged heart so big it was pressing down in my babies lungs …..my angel had to be put to sleep…..do not give your maltese any dog food that otc no dog treats unless you food and treats come from the vets….they will also get an intestinal infection coming from otc dog foods my Gizzy was on science diet also and he was for 13 years of his life and always done well on it……no human foods either ……not good for their allergies…..hope this information helps you.

We brought Hayzee home when she was 3 months old. She came to us on Iams, and we kept her on that. Approximately we tried Bil Jac for a while at the advice of a friend after our Vet told us she may have allergies, and our friend had a soft wheaton terrier who also had allergies but did well with Bil Jac. Hayzee continued to have troubles, so we bit the bullet and spent the large amount of money to have her blood tested for allergies. Come to find out there wasn’t much she wasn’t allergic to. The Vet put her on Science Diet z/d and allergy shots. She was doing better, I gave her the shots at home. Her visits to the Vet minimized, but unfortunately, she was allergic to our grass, and a couple cedar trees in our yard (we rent) so we did what we could to steer clear from them. Eventually it seemed as though the $300 every 6 months of allergy serum wasn’t doing the trick as well, so we stopped them and did only the z/d. We switched Bentlee to the z/d soft so if she somehow got into it, she wouldn’t have problems. We have not had any tear stain problems at all, we keep her eyes clean, if we notice any build up of gunk we get it right out, of course she hates it when we pick at her, but thankful we haven’t had that problem. She stays around 6 1/2 pounds. We do not give her any human food, and with the soft canned z/d, we have a mini muffin pan and we bake the soft food into treats. It is definitely frustrating to have a dog that is so allergic to everything, but I suggest the z/d highly. I do believe that is part of the tear staining as well because her sister from the same litter has tear staining and she eats some other food, she doesn’t have allergies for some odd reason. We don’t measure her food, we used to let her graze, but recently rescued a Japanese chin, and he is on Science diet for puppies, so in order to keep her from getting that or any cross contamination, they are fed in separate rooms, separate bowls, etc. She’s not had any major weight fluctuations. And she doesn’t go outside except to do her duties. Wish you all the best, and pray for your sweet fur kid to get better!