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That's one thing I meant to add though Les. You'll not regret having a bichon. I'm biased, but they're one of the best little breeds of dogs you could ever hope for.
Thanks Paul, that is very encouraging. What a nice picture in your avatar. I take it that is your Bichon? My wife wants to know how you get the hair surrounding the eyes so clean, ours at the moment is brownish. Also do you know of any good books concerning Bichons that might help us?
Yes, the avatar's Rudy. Couple more pictures plus some of Bonnie here.
I don't know if there's any book I can point you to. We've had a few books, but wouldn't really say they added anything over generic dog books. What I would say about Bichons is they're intelligent little things, but intelligence doesn't necessarily mean obedience...there's plenty of times when they know exactly what you want them to do, but getting them to do it's another matter. I'm informed they're particularly hard to house train because of that : I've no reference to compare with, but Rudy certainly was difficult. Would also mention that my oft repeated line of "They're cute and they know it" is very true...they know how to manipulate you to get what they want!
I'm afraid it's not good news on the eye/tear staining. As I understand it, it's genetic and some breeding lines suffer more than others. Neither Rudy or Bonnie particularly get that (or at least they don't if I wipe the sleep from their eyes). All you can do really is, as I say, be meticulous about picking sleep out of their eyes, and you can get lotion that cleans the area. I've heard it said that a touch of vaseline in the area can make the tears run over the fur better so not stain as much. Worth getting your vet to check there's nothing more serious though....see here for some of the more worrying causes.
Final thing, make sure your pup gets used to being bathed and brushed...there'll need to be a lot of that. Like I always say, though, other dogs get just as filthy as mine, it's just that with a white dog it shows that much more....
The vet has seen the brown streaks, and like you say suggested wiping them, which my wife does. We may have to live with it. The dog is also getting used to being groomed. We are just waiting now until the dry dog food arrives. I hope she takes to it, I have ordered 13.5kgs. This is to be divided between our dog and her sister who is owned by my daughter and granddaughter who live quite close.
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