Stinky doggie

[Anonymous]

My shitzue stinks all the time, or at least the day after his bath. I hate giving him a bath, and it's hard to take him to the groomers financially. My couch stikns, my carpet stinks. Should I change his diet? bath him every week? Spray him? Ugh...

[Anonymous]

You need to take him to the vet - could be a skin problem, could be anal glands, could need a teeth cleaning. Also, that type of dog needs to be groomed regularly, so you should make it priority to get him to the groomers on a semi-regular basis.

[Anonymous]

If it's the day after his bath, it's because his skin has not properly dried under his hair, which can lead to skin problems and perhaps a continuation of the smell.

My Samoyed has a very thick double coat and I bathe and dry him myself. Bathing takes an hour, but DRYING takes several hours to avoid this very problem. I towel dry then blow-dry with a dog hair dryer (doesn't heat as much as a human hair dryer, very important), then let him rest and repeat the blow-drying to make sure his skin is dry. I time it during a dry spell otherwise the ambient humidity works against me.

[Anonymous]

We change our dog's food around, different brands and different types. She's definitely smellier on some brands than others.

[Anonymous]

What brands of pet food or type of flavor of food (ie chicken) tend to make dogs smelly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We change our dog's food around, different brands and different types. She's definitely smellier on some brands than others.

Which do you recommend that will give me a less smellier doggie?

[Anonymous]

This much smell is not food related. Stop grooming him yourself. If you can't afford grooming for a Shi-Tzu, rehome him. This isn't fair to the dog. Don't adopt a dog whose needs you can't meet. Very basic.