Name: Heather
Message: I was wanting to dye the tips of my maltese's hair pink. Do you know of a safe product to do this with? please email me back asap.

Since your dog might lick her fur, it would be a good idea to use a food-safe dye. Food products containing large amounts of artificial coloring, such as Kool-aid drink mix or Jello, have been used by many people to dye their own hair. This works best on hair (or fur) that is light in color, or bleached as nearly white as possible.

[See my blog entry for November 17, 2005, "I JUST HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT YOU CAN DYE HAIR WITH FOOD COLORING. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'D KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE?", for more details on one possible method for dyeing with food coloring.]