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pet odor
so the people on the pet board are crazy and think that everyone has time to walk thier pet every day or has the money to take them to doggie day care so im hoping to find some help here...any cleaning suggestions for sprays or wipes that are safe to put on my dog? she is an indoor outdoor dog and she smells when i bring her inside but not realistic to bathe her every day...thanks.
Re: pet odor
I answered your question over on Pets, but since you ran away to complain to another board, you probably didn't see it.
Besides the obvious quit-leaving-your-dog-outside, you could try baby wipes or the wipes that they make for dogs in-between baths.
But I honestly don't know how hard it is to not walk your dog. That's part of being a responsible owner. Even if you don't want to walk your dog, you could throw a tennis ball for it, or give her a mental stimulation toy, like a Peanut Butter-filled Kong, treat-dispensing toy, or a Nina Ottosen puzzle toy. These kinds of toys really help high energy dogs.
What are you feeding her? A crappy food can make a dog smell more doggy, too.
I'll leave the rest of it alone, since you're already getting flamed on two boards, and rightfully so.
Happy Spring!.
Leaving her out in the back yard /=/ mental OR physical exercise. She's going to get bored out there and develop neurotic tendencies.
You have a mix of at LEAST two high-energy, highly-intelligent breeds. She needs DAILY physical and mental exercise.
Not providing that makes you a crappy dog owner.
May I suggest a pet rock?
High Energy + Anxiety = Hot Mess if you don't walk it.
LMFB, Didn't you give her advice on the thundershirt back in April?
Doubt it, I've never used one on my dogs.
Ah, you're right! I knew you had responded to that post (I remembered seeing Carl in your siggy as I was going back through her old posts) but you just said that others had given them good reviews.
You're right; not everyone has money to take their pet to doggy daycare or hire a dog walker. However, it is irresponsible not to engage your dog in exercise and interesting activities.
It's also not ideal to bathe your dog daily. What is causing the smell? Food? Excess yeast? Stuff she rolls in? High quality food, stimulating activity and enough exercise will improve smell under all of these circumstances.
As others said, there are wipes you can buy (for dogs or babies), brushing could help (frees the dirt from the hair, along with excess hair). You might also check with your vet to make sure there aren't any health issues causing the smell (my dog doesn't smell noticeably unless we've just come in from a walk in the rain or when she had a yeast infection), and to get a realistic understanding of what exercise, etc. requirements are appropriate for your dog. Keep in mind re: food, though, that a lot of vets have excess brand loyalty; do your own research.
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
We have bath wipes too, but they don't really get rid of the odor. We have a dog that rolls around in whatever every time she goes out, she just gets lots of baths.
My mouth fell open when I read this. Is this really how you talk to people? Check your self-righteous condescension at the door. I have two cats and two dogs both adopted out of our animal control, as adults, not babies, and do a local group for animal therapy with our am. staff. pit mix, I get the importance of changing environments for stimulation, adequate psychological enrichment, and then physical exercise of walking, but shaming her and putting down her dog handling isn't going to get her dog walked, it's just bullying. Please run back to wherever you came from...
Say what?
Pretty sure that "loving" the dog won't fix the anxiety issues she's having, and throwing it out in the back yard and ignoring it because she can't be bothered to walk it isn't exactly "doing her best".
Well, I guess that solves it then, since we not only know what's best in her dog's interest, we know whether she's doing her best or not--let's throw her down and all take turns jabbing at her until something gives. That'll fix it. Who cares? Not like it's become enough of an issue for her that she's risked asking a group of strangers for advice, only to find they were the same brand of harpies she's probably turned to before. Let's augment her anxiety over this, and eventually see yet another older dog thrown into a pound, and someone else will sign up to walk her dog every day, right? You people know how to get a dog thrown out of its house better than anyone else, keep preaching down to her, keep berating her, and since she can't eliminate the odor, she'll evict the source. Maybe not this time, but why? Why not offer an opinion, maybe some help or advice, and keep your own ISSUES to yourself. Stop flaunting your white hats, proclaiming the good deeds of pet ownership, flashing your pictures of your rescues like you're some saint of the pound, you should know better. You're all preaching on what to do--here's something: what about spending the time you have spent harassing some woman on your dogs instead? Go take your dog outside and enrich it's day. I've been in bed all night and day with a fever of 103 F, what's your excuse for prattling on the nest in the middle of the day? Especially for something as MUD as this?
We did offer opinions, help, and ADVICE We told her to keep the dog inside and it won't smell doggy from being outside all day. That IS the solution to the problem
We also offered the advice of "walk your dog more, go to the dog park, or pay for doggy day care" to solve the problem of "my dog has too much energy".
I don't avoid dirt. I love the nest for what we can do to be useful to each other, and I hate the nest when I see how it can be used against each other. Something had to be said, this has clearly gone far enough.
But I don't avoid dirt; my go-to board is the cleaning board, what can I say?
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Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
OP, my dogs used to have this awful 'doggy smell'. We were feeding them Pedigree, which we always had, and assumed it was just fine. One day I saw a website for foods, and found some 'better' foods for them. These better foods have all but eliminated the 'doggy smell' we hated, and now we can go longer between baths (twice a month rather than once a week). The food for my two made a HUGE difference! I was really surprised. I hear Wellness does this really well, and our Taste of the Wild worked too.
Some people with shorthaired dogs towel their dogs once in between baths to keep the smell down as well. I hear it works well with Viszlas and GSPs, although I'm not sure what you have. Longer haired dogs, well, I'd say just bite the bullet and bathe them once a week or so.
You might also try a wet washcloth with some soap to her feet when she comes in, as this may be the stinkiest part of your dog.
As far as walking your dog, I'd HOPE you're taking him out more than once a day
Mine go out in the morning, when I get home from work, and then at least twice more before we go to bed, so they get exercise in the yard and potty time.