Stained Fur - Iron Issue

Tory asks:

Hi, I am a new member. It's nice to see so many Bichon lovers! My Bichon, Jessie, is 7 years old. We changed her food about 3 months ago, and have now noticed that she is getting brownish hair under her mouth, her tear stains are darker and also around her anal area.
The vet said he thought she might be getting too much iron, but we don't know.
Does anyone have this problem?

Thank you!

GidgetLpM replies:

Hi Tory and Welcome.
Yes I do know about these brown spots and stains and they do have something to do with iron, etc. that is in the food. For more info. on this go to http://www.Dr.Weil.com and click on Discussions and go to Holistic Pet Care....lots of talk about it there too!
Also make sure your Bichon only gets filtered water....this helps.
Good Luck.
LpM

CanadianGurl5760 writes:

Yes I am getting those problems with Keisha.
She also has brown hair or I thought it was because she was a messy eater.
Also she was in heat but she seems too have dark hair around where she pees from.
How long are dogs usually in heat for? Maybe her urine is too strong i have no clue.
I am still feeding here puppy food as she is only 10 1/2 months.
~~ Canadian gurl