How often do you bathe your dog and do you do it more often because they smell?
I have an 18 month old Labrador and have bathed her twice but the odour from her is terrible.
I have owned a Labrador before and she never smelt this bad.
She has been health checked and has no underlying problems.
I have spoken to a groomer who recommends i have her groomed every 6 - 8 weeks to keep her smelling sweet.
Her bedding is washed weekly and she is not a dirty dog that rolls in unpleasant things or mud.
Doss your dog smell and what do you do?
I have owned a Labrador before and she never smelt this bad.
She has been health checked and has no underlying problems.
I have spoken to a groomer who recommends i have her groomed every 6 - 8 weeks to keep her smelling sweet.
Her bedding is washed weekly and she is not a dirty dog that rolls in unpleasant things or mud.
Doss your dog smell and what do you do?
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My hairless girl gets bathed monthly, hairless boy every other month, cat every six months (she's a Persian) and the old boy......erm.......once a year whether he needs it or not!!
But none of them smell.
It's not the anal glands is it? Dogs stink rotten if they need their anal glands emptying. Sort of fishy.
My boy is a nightmare. I don't bath him as much as I should because he weighs a ton - but when my daughter is home, we heave him into the bath and all is fragrant until the next time day when he rolls in the first puddle he finds. Of course - fox poo is the lab equivalent to Chanel.
Fortunately we live by the sea and he goes in almost every day - so with a few baby wipes - the worst pong is that of sea water.
Some dogs just smell more than others. If your general dog hygiene is good, she isn't fed crap like Bakers or Pedigree and she has had a vet check (especially the anal glands!!) then maybe you just have a smelly dog.
The problem with regular bathing is you can strip the natural oils from the skin/fur which can lead to a smelly dog! But, if she really is that stinky then regular bathing with a very gentle dog shampoo might help.
Betty puppy is too small for the power shower don't think she would like that at all so will be the kitchen sink and a washing up bowl probably once a month or fortnightly depends whether she is a mud attracter or not.
The late Duncan was daily and sometimes twice a day as his allergies needed all the pollen etc washed off.
Personally I use a baby talc scented shampoo on Mollie and will use it on Betty too, it smells quite strongly and lingers for days - makes living closely with dogs much more pleasant.
Tomato ketchup - rubbed in thoroughly then bathe in the normal way, may take two goes it it's really bad but it does work normally first time.
I have a Tibetan and a Springer/doodle, and due their long hair, they get showered, conditioned and blow-dried, every two weeks. Molly the Springer/Doodle is just 12 months old, and is therefore into everything, so it’s essential that I bathe her often:p .
I change their bedding every week.
Your dog groomer is on the right track saying every six to eight weeks. Bathe her more often if she needs it.
Best Wishes.
Although my grandma's dog has the most awful smelling breath! You can smell it from quite a distance. She just has smelly breath, nothing to be done about it.
I'm not a fan of pampering dogs without good reason, too much bathing can do more harm than good, washing the essential oils from the coat.
As said, a 'doggy' odour can be diet related, although sometimes we have to accept that dogs are dogs and therefore smell like a dog!
Also, a 'groomer' would tell you to groom her that frequently, I imagine she hopes you will use her services!
My dog doesn't smell bad at all. He gets a bath fairly regularly but it's usually because he's dirty from rolling in mud or whatever. We've never had to bathe him solely because of a weird smell.
Decent shampoos designed for dogs shouldn't strip the oils in a normal dogs coat, I wouldn't recommend using cheapo bob martins etc but some excellent shampoos made fort hem these days.
And I don't bathe - I dump him in the bath - turn the shower on and make him stand underneath it until the majority has gone!
My Vizsla stinks. She smells a little of BO (as she doesn't have a lot of hair on her undercarriage), plus she has a nasty poo eating / fox rolling habit. The smell kinda wafts around her at all time. Add to that a dodgy anal gland - regularly squeezed ... she needs a good scrub daily. She doesn't get it though. I have just resigned myself to the smell, and she gets one every week or so.
Yes :ad best laugh ever!
As to fox poo, we don't get the problem too much now but always found vinegar was better than ketchup due to the red colouring being difficult to get out of their hair. Smell like a fish and chip shop afterwards though!:D
then actually condition it with apple cider vinegar
never tried it myself, but it's said to work a treat
with regards a shampoo we try for every six to eight weeks in the winter, in the summer he is constantly in the river so we don't tend to bother so much. he doesn't smell and has a beautiful healthy coat.
We haven't had a problem with it but usually I would wet the coat before putting on the vinegar anyway so it would be slightly diluted anyway, and always rinsed it all off afterwards. I wouldn't put it on them if I thought there were any scratches that it could get into but I probably wouldn't use ketchup either then.