So, I have a Papillon puppy. When he wee's he gets it on his fur.  Wondered if there was anything to stop or help stop the staining?

We can stop it after a bath with whitening shampoo but obviously when he wee's again (normally at shows) it happens again.

Also do they stop getting it when they get older? I know an older dog that his breeder has lifts his leg enough that he doesn't.

Thanks!

Hate to say it but my almost 4 year old dog (Pap) still does it -it's at least weekly baths for him, sometimes twice weekly.

You are not alone! (And I'm so glad I'm not :) .) My 15 month old Cocker still does it - before he started to cock his leg, I thought it would get better as he matured, but he still gets wee on his fur even though he now mostly cocks.  In addition, any dust he kicks up makes little muddy tags :( . I have to wipe him with a baby wipe after every walk, and at least every other day wash him underneath (I use very dilute hibiscrub and lukewarm water).  He has a lot of pale fur on his tummy, and if I don't keep him scrupulously clean, it shows.  I have to keep his feathers short and his tummy fur trimmed close to avoid the problem.

He's my fourth male, 3rd entire, and the only one who's been like this.  I'll be interested to see what other solutions are suggested.

I've always had females up to now and they always seemed to get their back leg hairs wet when they squatted.
I Thought having a male would be much easier....now ,I too am washing the underbelly daily and brushing out the wet front legs  regularly.I find leaving the wee to dry,then using a very fine slicker  gets the wee off as a fine powder....however,regular washing is needed for the smell/staining.
Also ,I clip the inner thigh really short,and the first few cm in front of the dogs p...nis helps reduce the problem of wetting the hair.

Thanks for the replies.

Oh no!

I mean when we go to shows and I've bathed him the night before and I take him out of the crate in the car and he pees and -poof- wee fur :) do judges allow for this or is it meant to be dry and not just peed ? :)

The problem with Papillons is if you wash Pap's too much they get pink feet/legs -some bitches at shows have this and it doesn't look the best. My puppy gets it when in the bath but when dry he's ok.

My other male is short haired so of course he doesn't have this.

I also wash my Pap's bum when, about once a week, he gets poo on it ;)

Have you tried a bit of powdered chalk in his fur after a bath.  Used to use it for horses white socks and it really seems to help stop staining

I had a male champion Cavalier who needed his undies washed every single day because of this. He slept on the bed and lounged on the sofa so it was necessary...AND the urine is very staining on an adult male so he needed to stay white.
I sprayed the area over with a product called 'The Stuff' a silicone based liquid, applied after drying which helped repel staining to the hair shaft.

Thanks Roxy and Tooolz -will try this!

Many thanks to tooolz for the suggestion :) .

I mean when we go to shows and I've bathed him the night before and I take him out of the crate in the car and he pees and -poof- wee fur :-) do judges allow for this or is it meant to be dry and not just peed ? :-)

I bring a bottle of no rinse spray shampoo to the shows so can clean him off before judging. It's not a bigger area than that a towel can cope with drying it off although some people bring cordless hairdryers. I think a much bigger problem is when it has rained, you've spent ages bathing and blow drying the dog only to wake up in the morning and find it is wet outside and if the dogs go out their paws will instantly turn black...... Before Crufts we even had to resort to newspapers on the floor indoors as I couldn't allow those pristine white paws on the ground outside. It's at times like these I wish Papillons had dark coloured shortcoated paws like my big dogs do. :) :) Look around the showring though -you will see PLENTY of dogs stained yellow, some I don't even get how the owners can bear to be seen in public!

I know Marianne!
Some you just KNOW that if you bent down and touched them, they'd be sticky...ewwwwwww!

I usually take pet wipes and some plain water in a spray to shows. I have two female paps, so they don't usually get urine stains, however it comes in useful if they get messy bums and you could just spray and wipe with a towel until you get rid of the urine.

Try horse coat polish just sprayed on the relevant area. 

I can second the recommendation for 'The Stuff' - I diluted it even more than it said on the bottle, and it worked very well. My Henry was one that was impossible to keep clean. I would bath him for the show the night before, and by the time we got home the next evening he would be dirty underneath again! 'The Stuff' really helped keep him from getting stained underneath.

Thanks all, will buy some of "The Stuff"!

I got told years ago to put a tiny bit of oil(olive oil)on the 'wee' bits at his willy and the hair just infront.  He still pee'd on it, but it didn't stick/stink and I didn't need to wash him as often.  He was all black though so no idea if it would help with the staining but the oil did help the coat.  All the washing was taking the natural oils out and making his feathers flyaway.