I have heard that the lightening of the pigment on dog's noses can be caused by plastic food dishes. I read that the plastic bowls can get small scratches in them and cause bacteria to grow. Whether that causes the lightening or not, I can't be sure, but better safe then sorry...... -Ellen & Harper
-----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Otis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List Subject: Re: cracked nose We don't have cracked noses but we do have a lightening of the pigment, what causes the noses to loose their dark color. Cheryl, Tessa & Tanner Portland Or. --- Michaela Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed that Rupert has a very badly cracked nose. > It looks really sore. > Now I'm feeling guilty ( don't mom's always) since I > should have noticed > sooner but he usually has a thick patina of mud on > top of his nose. Gee, I > once even found a slug balancing on it! > > I intended to put some cocoa butter on it but one of > my friend's said that > would block his nose and impair his breathing. Can't > see how, since I'm not > planning on putting the stuff IN the nose, but I > thought I better check > before suffocating my youngest Berner boy! > Meanwhile, Harvey appears to be > loosing most of the pigment from his nose. Must be a > "bad nose month". > > Has anyone got a good "cracked nose" remedy to > share? > > Thank you! > > Michaela, Harvey & Rups > Devon/UK > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
