But you will want to clean up unsightly stains on your dog s white coat.
Whiten dog fur.
If your dog has a short fur coat use a thick and hard bristle brush and if your dog has long fur use a more smooth and soft bristle brush.
Your white dog probably doesn t care whether his coat is white or not dogs are like that.
Whether it s your furniture your clothing or your dog s fur maintaining the clean white look in white things can be quite a challenge.
For example the dampness related to tear stains on dogs gives way for the yeast to grow on the fur.
Many dog owners think that removing stains only has a cosmetic purpose.
They probably don t taste very good either.
While a number of chemical whiteners and whitening shampoos are commercially available natural solutions for whitening your dog s fur are safer alternatives that offer equally effective results.
Thus for many this is the main reason for whitening fur in dogs.
These shampoos raise the ph level of the hair strands whitening the stains.
Some of the products used to clean and brighten up your dog s white coat can be hard on the skin or sting if they get in your dog s eyes.
However you can make your own bleaching paste applied to the dog before shampooing by using equal parts of white unflavored milk of magnesia and 10 to 20 percent hydrogen peroxide thickened to a paste using cornstarch.
This will loosen debris and remove daily dirt which can result in permanent stains.
The bluing doesn t actually whiten your dog s fur but the blue hue is perceived by the human eye as white.
Why retain white fur in dogs.
However stain removal also comes with more benefits.
If your dog s coat is particularly dull or yellow consider using a bluing shampoo.
Bluing agents are added to commercially produced dog whitening shampoos to enhance the appearance of a white coat.