Wrinkles

My wee Lola also has a very deep “stinkle” that needs to be dry cleaned (dry kleenex) twice a day - she gets a deep cleaning twice a week with cotton pads and Epi-Otic fluid (vet recommended). Unfortunately, Lola is 14 pounds of raw, squirming power, and she HATES her Epi-Otic wrinkle cleanings, so it takes both myself and a pug friend to do the deed, otherwise I would definitely do it more often.

Good boy Bennie for letting your Mum clean your stinkle! It is the price of beauty, my dear….

Miko is the same as Benny - I have to clean out her wrinkles everyday so that they don’t get yeasty and she gets really itchy.  I use non-alcohol Witchhazel, which we can pick up at the pharmacy or health food store.  It’s a natural drying agent and keeps her clean and moisturized.  It’s cheap too - cause I use cotton pads to put it on her.

Miko doesn’t like it either - she is super good for it though, she will stay sitting when she sees the cotton pad, but will turn her head away, also with a straight tail.

They are such sweeties, aren’t they!

Benny is definitely due for a toenail clipping.  His nails grow so fast so they usually are longer than Henry & Luna’s.

I just discovered the BEST THING for wrinkle cleaning!  Ruby gets a stinky nose wrinkle (smells like an old dishcloth LOL).  I would dab with a kleenex to keep it dry and torture her with cotton and some cleaning stuff from the vet as often as I felt strong enough (talk about a battle!).

Out of desperation I put her on the bathroom counter, and used a microfiber cloth moistened with just a bit of warm water (wrung out well).  Not only did it really grab the dirt in there, but she squirmed less and it seemed really dry when I was done.  And her face smelled nice and clean for TWO WHOLE DAYS.

So now, every day I give her nose roll and the folds under her eyes a quick swipe with the microfiber cloth, then use the other side to give her a quick wipe down from head to tail.  She looks shinier, her face smells cleaner, and the best part?  No chemicals or medicated stuff!

I am lucky that Gus and Indy don’t have really deep wrinkles (Indy barely has any). I usually just use a damp washcloth.
For eye boogies, I use my hands (I know..) and wipe it on my jeans. Lately at the end of the day I am covered in god knows what anyways… lol
Benny’s face looks like velvet.. is it super soft?

To Dances in Garden:  Wow!  Who knew!  I can have shiny stainless and black appliances AND shiny pugs!  Thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely try it!

I LOVE “stinkles” and “dry cleaned”...hahahaha…

I do a mixture of warm face clothes…momma’s nails to scrape away the dried gook…wrinkle anitbiotic cream from the vet when it gets really raw…

Now ears, don’t even get me started on ears…talk about a constant battle…

I use malacetic wipes on Willow and Belle too. I have to clean Belle’s fold each day. She gets all sorts of gunk and junk in there. I like the smell of the Malacetic wipes. They smell like Apple and Oak I think…

When I had just Lucy, her wrinkles would get dirty and red sometimes.  She hated them being cleaned and I tried to keep up with her.  I felt so bad when they would get red.  Then we got Tuffy and he cleans her face everyday.  Since then she has never had a problem with her wrinkles.  It’s so sweet.  I clean their wrinkles now when they get a bath or when they’ve been playing in the dirt.  Tuffy’s wrinkles never seem to get dirty either, but I never see Lucy cleaning him.

Stephanie - If you are cleaning everyday you should be in good shape.  If the wrinkles get irritated they get a little red.  This may be hard to notice on a black pug, though.  Also, Bailey will likely start to scratch his face a lot and you may even notice him rubbing his face on your leg or other things trying to get a little relief.

We have not had problems with Brandy, but I noticed her folds are different from a lot of pugs I see. Her fold does not go over her nose like most. She has folds under the eyes that go up around her eye, but her little nose is not covered. Her forhead wrinkles are not deep like Benny’s. We got an “easy care wrinkle release” pug

We have just notcied our Pug Toni, has a lot of yellw and gunk in her wrinkle above her nose.  I keep cleaning daily, but it seems to really bother her, we feel terrible, but want to knwo what will work best to get it all clean and keep it that way.  Should I take her to the vet?

I use baby wipes on Maggie & Brutus - Mags has deeper wrinkles and always get gunk in them, but the baby wipes really work well on them - Brutus’ face doesn’t get as messy - I also use the baby wipes to wipe out their ears - Brutus’ ears are worse - am now trying Diamond Lamb & Rice on them to see if they were maybe alergic to the chicken formulas - maybe that will clear up Brutus’ ears -

I have a 2 year old pug named preston, he hasn’t had any problems with the nose wrinkles until now.I noticed that it was kinda red and had a smell to it, so I started cleaning and now there is a very raw spot in the wrinkle. Please someone let me now what I can use on it to clear this up. I feel so bad that this is happening to him.

Some pugs (and dogs) are “yeasty” (prone to yeast infections) in these folds. I battled this for 8 years with my one pug (my other pug had no issues), until I finally happened on a site that mentioned yeast infection as the culprit. 1 year ago I switched my pug’s food to a food that did not have any sugars / corn / wheat / or potatoes in it (sweet potatoes are good, but regular potatoes are yeasty. Initially I wiped her nose fold with eye wash 2 x per day.

With those small changes, her nose cleared up (from red and raw to fur-covered and healthy!) within a few weeks and has remained healthy since. I only clean her nose fold a few times a week now (with eye wash).

I’ve also read that Malaseb flush (liquid you get it online) is also a good liquid to wipe the folds with. But I’ve found that without a change in diet (no sugar / wheat / potato / corn) the raw, itchy, stinky nose comes back.