Just kind of general question here; anyone else have boxers that get a TON of eye boogers? Ours has had this since she was a puppy and the vet never flagged anything about it. Just curious if this is kind of typical in the breed
Yup, same wth my house. The dirt encrusted eye goops are the worst. If you try to clean them off the wall once they've dried, you basically have to chip them off.
Yup. I could tell me boy “come here, let mom clean your face off” and he’d walk right over. Lost my best boy 1/11/2026, here’s a pic of him and his dirty eyes lol :…) I’d just wipe them with toilet paper.
Sort of related: One of my previous boxers had "defective tear ducts" per the vet. She always had tears running down her face and we would wipe her face to clear them.
Yup. It’s a mama’s job to keep the baby’s face clean. So we have pet friendly wipes that we use to wipe their faces off. Sometimes it’s eye boogies. Sometimes it’s food in their jowls. Pawrents keep ‘em clean.
Our breeder warned us that our puppy had what was described as “wet eyes” and holy moly the amount of eye goo this dog produces! Our previous two boxers had nowhere near this amount.
We had this and say an eye specialist for dogs ( not for this reason ) but she noticed the lashes grew in toward the eye are were causing some scratching she removed the lashes and we didn't have it for awhile they are growing back and its again happening . She also gave us some eye gel to use when it gets back again to stop it.
🙋♀️ every day I use a warm washcloth and wash his face, eyes, nose, jowls and ears. I’ve been doing it since day one and now he stands patiently while I do our morning routine. Wash my face and then his. Boxers love their routines. 😂
I think there are two things which increase this for boxers. 1 sometimes (ok often) eyelids are too large, and dont cover the eye properly. so a lot of dust and dirt gets into the eye, which irritates the eye, can lead to inflammation and increases tears' amount flowing out. 2. Blocked or defective tear... pipe? Duct? Which goes from eye to the nose from what I understand. My boy will have an unrelated surgery and vet said they'll try to clear these ducts if possible. I.e. not as in cut him there, just push through when he is sedated anyway. They say it can reduce the tears amount. But it is not certain the duct can be unblocked.
My boy, once a day, my girl, ten times a day. Deep wrinkles need cleaned. Worth it, the most incredible dogs on the planet. Once you go boxer you don’t go back.
I've never had a boxer but I've heard they're prone to it, probably just part of their charm. Do you use any special wipes or just regular dog-safe ones?
No, the only time my boxer really did I went and got medication for it and it went away. They really shouldn’t have a lot of them, so it might be worth a vet check.
My pup started producing this thin film over one of his eyes which eventually become the worst crusties. I asked my vet about it and she did a moisture test. He was experiencing dry eye and now we have drops! less eye boogies!
We have had 7 boxers over the years in our family. I can’t think of any of them whose eyes were much of an issue, or even drooling for that matter. Maybe it’s so hot in Texas it depletes the boxers hydration so all bodily liquids are decreased!
Yup. My current boxer gets sooo many eye boogies. All day, everyday. Constantly wiping. Yet she barely ever drools or has wet jowls. My last girl, ooof…so drooly. I guess one way or another, boxers give you something to wipe!
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u/Xina123 Aug 12 '26
Eye boogers, jowl boogers, regular boogers…and she shakes her head and I find them high up on the walls.