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My dog stinks! what do you use on yours??

My dog stinks! what do you use on yours??

Old 03-10-2011, 02:50 PM
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My stinky man is a 100 lb golden retriever named Scruffy and he is certainly living up to his name!

What do you use on your dog? Does it control the smell for a long time?
I have never known a golden that didn't smell. They love water, mud, snow, you name it. My neighbor's golden smelled terrible last year until they discovered she had a thyroid problem, the medication helped with her smell, but she is still stinky.
Two of my (now deceased) labs had thyroid problems. Putting them on meds sure made a difference. Anna (who passed in Sep) nearly went bald, when we put her on thyroid meds she grew a beautiful full coat and did not smell quite so bad.
Evidently it is a common problem with goldens, according to their vet. She had clumps of fur coming out and smelled just terrible. After about a month she lost some weight she had gained, started growing her hair back and lost that awful smell.
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:56 PM
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Bring my sheepdog in the shower with me and give him a good scrubbin'. He smells much better afterward. After I bathe my Maltese, I give her a spray with my Vicky Secrets perfume...she smells "Heavenly".
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Old 03-10-2011, 02:59 PM
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I use no-tears puppy shampoo. It's gentle and makes him smell as sweet as when he was a puppy. (He's 6!) Then I follow-up with people-type conditioner. He goes from stinky to sweet!
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Old 03-10-2011, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by thequiltmama
The only thing that seems to help my dog is a bath. And ever since we took away people away from her she doesn't get as stinky as fast :)
Do you mean she's not allowed to eat the mailman any more??? No fun in that.

One of my dogs doesn't smell and doesn't need baths- Siberian/Shiba Inu. The Border Collie/Lab has an odor after a while, but a good brushing takes care of it. I do have several waterless shampoos for her, but I rarely use them. When she gets a bath it's Tropiclean Medicated Oatmeal shampoo and conditioner because she used to have skin problems.
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Old 03-10-2011, 03:11 PM
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As a retired groomer and having bathed over thousands of dogs first make sure he doesn't have a skin problem which can make them smell and follow your vets recommendation as to what medicated shampoo he needs to treat the problem.I have 2 large Rottweilers and they have a standing appointment for a good bath once every month by me.Make sure you use a DOG shampoo because their PH is not like humans and baby shampoo is actually not gentle for dogs.....My dogs are house dogs and they need to be clean and smelling good.....Hope I helped....
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Old 03-10-2011, 03:47 PM
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We use a dog shampoo that smells like coconut.....reminds me of Summer, lol!
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Old 03-10-2011, 04:36 PM
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I don't have a problem with odor from my "kids" - they are Bichon Frise crossbreds and do not smell (even when wet). What I use on the other guy (a German Shepard) is a few apritzes of Lambert-Kay's Fresh 'n Clean. He then smells just fine and it lasts for awhile (bathe first though).
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Old 03-10-2011, 04:38 PM
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bot to a store like petsupermarket they have aspray deordent you can buy it will help between baths i always used a medicated shampoo on my dog she was alergic to grass would get puss bumps all over herself i kept thinking they were ant bites but vet said no
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Originally Posted by raedar63
My vet says dandruff shampoo once or twice a week, and that has done the trick for my bassett hound, and as some of you know hounds do smell! I was always under the impression that you shouldn't wash dogs that often cause it would dry them out.My vet says it is an "old wives tale"
My vet says that it's not good to wash dogs often because it does dry out their skin. My dog, Roxie, has dry skin and I bathe her usually every other week or every other 2 weeks.
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Monthly bath for the lab...he hates water. Puppy wipes in between. Yorkie gets weekly bath and groomed monthly. Both vet shampoos...one dry skin and one senstive. They are both inside dogs and can't stand them to be smelly.
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