my beardie is only 5 months but her white beard is already quite stained, can anyone recommend a good product for this?

thanks Emma

I've had Beardies for years, and if anyone does know of a "product", let me know too!!!!!!! All the whitener shampoo in the world does not shift it. It may depend on which area you live in, i.e. the drinking water, hard/soft etc, but could be wrong. My dogs live proper doggie lives, in all the muck/grime etc, I may just be niave, as all my Beardies have yellow beards, yet others in the ring are sparkling white, I wouldn't like to think others are bleaching them????

Lol Kay

I've heard of a green natural substace of somekind that you put on the stained area's of the dogs coat and leave it there for a while and although it will go green first it washes all out taking the staining with it.  Never tried it myself and don't know the products name, where it comes from or anything.  Just remember someone saying how wonderful it is.  If you want me to I will try and find out more information about it.

that sounds interesting would be great  if you can find out some more info on it? knowing my luck she will be left with a green beard instead!! glad to hear shes not the only one with this problem, i presumed it was from eating naturediet as its a wet food and her habit of rubbing her chin in mud!

found http://www.healing-tree.com/Wow.html but its in the US and its meant for horses - don't know if there would be a UK equivalent, maybe some of the horsey CD'ers would know?

I think Dorwest do something but I don't know what it is.

A few Terrier people use  Tums antacids,  you can use
the flavored type also,  it breaks up a lot of the acid's
in the saliva, and the Calcium  helps soft nails, I think
Toy people use it also with tear stains,

Try making a paste of bicarbonate of soda and rubbing it in leave to dry then brush out. May work, it did on my standard poodle's front legs when he piddled on them.
Jan

I tried making a paste out of cornflour as someone had suggested, but it made a right mess - couldn't get it to stick to the dog's coat at all, it just fell off, all over the patio - so I ended up with hardly any of it on the dog, and had to spend half an hour scrubbing it off the patio!!

Bicarbonate of soda, not cornflour! :D :D

Honestly, cornflour!  Two dog people I know swear it is cornflour - one said she used it on horses!  Well, I would have liked to see how, after the mess I ended up with!!

:-)  Honestly I have a breed you clean with chalk , corn startch and you NEVER get the stuff wet  :-)

Chalk and powder etc dries up the area and if it is a mud stain allows for brushing out. A real saliva stain Corn powder will not take it away.

Some people mix Liquid peroxide in a very low % with chalk or power and put it on it has a bleaching affect. This only masks it for a few days though.  Tried and tested now would never put any of that rubbish on the dogs.  It just makes it all worse in the long term.

Wiping the mouth after feeding and keeping the area dry is the best option.   keeping mine dry or drying quickly when wet has had the best result on furnishings. The angel eyes is working for the mouth stains. Only one of mine gets it.

tried making a paste out of cornflour as someone had suggested

Oh dear that wasn't the best suggestion to give you :-)

I have one dog that gets a bit mouth stained ( white dog) and I am finding 3 weeks use of angel eyes to be doing the trick. Going to wait another week and take a photo of the white growth.

Angel Eyes is a good one but it wont take away the staining that is there already that has to grow out or be bleached.  Some dogs stain and others don't. As a rule of thumb I always use stainless steel dishes now not plastic (less bacteria growth) if in an area where you water pipes are old cast iron (still some left) give bottled water and you can give a supplement from Dorwest herbs that gives extra iron (ask them then make your choice).  However, you can take all the precautions you like and some dogs just stain while others don't mostly due to bacteria in the saliva.

edited to say:- I don't know why the iron supplement works but it does.

just to add cornflower added to optrex making a paste will reduce staining that is not too bad.  If you apply it slightly warm and allow it to dry on the beard then brush out when dry you can see a difference.  A little corn flower or potato flower in the beard (dry) before going into the show will whiten the beard temporarily.  Be sure  to brush it all out before showing the dog. HTH

Angel Eyes is a good one but it wont take away the staining that is there already that has to grow out or be bleached.

Sorry that is what I meant, ( I know I didnt' word it quite 100%)  I thought I would wait another week or so and take a picture and the white growth is quite impressive so far. :-)

Hi Blue I did the same for the company that produces it - before and after - and wow what a difference it made.  Only one of mine has ever needed to be whitened so cross fingers the others will never developed the yellow stain. 

I tried bleaching, with a peroxide mixture, on a very small patch and it totally ruined the hair in that spot.  You are absolutely right.

PS I wasn't having a go just adding the other helpful things I tried.