Smelly dog, smelly dog, what are they feeding you?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Okay, fair’s fair, guys!

In the time I’ve been reading the SDMB there have been at least a dozen threads that included griping about how cats stink up houses – and I’ve not seen a single one that admits that that other favorite pet ain’t exactly a bouquet of roses to have around either.

What, is everyone too cowed by the Dog Lobby to breathe the truth? Well, I’m not!

**DOGS SMELL MUCH WORSE THAN CATS. **

**You can always tell if a dog lives in a house as soon as you take your first breath.

In fact, dogs stink up your hourse in a MUCH MORE PERVASIVE and HARDER TO CURE WAY than cats.**

Why do I say that? Because the smell that is associated with cats comes from their urine/feces, while the smell that is associated with dogs comes from their body/fur itself.

You don’t believe me? Pick up any healthy cat and stick your nose into their fur, right up against their skin, and take a big whiff. What do you smell? Pretty much nothing. Cats are obsessively clean animals.

**Now repeat the experiment with any dog. ** What do you smell? A dreadful musky/dirty scent. The one called ‘wet dog’ because the stench can be smelled at a distance of several yards when the dog is wet, but which is there all the time, simply varying in intensity with the humidity. The simple fact is that dogs AREN’T naturally clean animals. There’s nothing a dog likes more than finding the rotting remains of some roadkill and ROLLING IN IT. And do they then wash the dreadful stench off themselves? Of course not. They carry it home on their fur and proceed to transfer it to every object that their fur comes in contact with.

Which is why I said dog odor is more pervasive and harder to cure than cat odor.

Prevention of ‘cat box’ odor requires nothing more than you keep the litter box clean. Use a good quality litter, one that clumps and with odor absorbing crystals. Scoop it religiously, twice a day. Top it up with fresh litter as it gets used up. That’s it. No more odor problem.
Prevention of doggie odor? Well, first you have to deodorize the dog. Bath time. And he’ll only be clean until the first time you let him out the door, so be prepared to bathe him frequently. After that, you have to clean and de-odorize everything the dog has lain on. As in, every rug and carpet in your house. Every upholstered chair and couch and ottoman. Every bit of bedding if you’ve let your dog on your beds.

Major hassle, yes?

SO…why does everyone rag so on cats and the easily solved problem while ignoring the much worse problem of dog odor? Hmmmm?

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My dog doesn’t smell at all, even after vigorous scratching. He’s a small, short haired, smooth coat, terrier. Now I had a bird dog that you could scratch and your fingers would smell of funk, but the terrier is odorless. Even his breath doesn’t stink. But the little bastard will piss in the house if he’s not let out at certain intervals.

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I know a miniature daschund (however you spell it) who smells like honey. Fortunately his family also have this atrociously smelly little mop-dog, so the whole house smells like the gross dog.

I agree. I don’t like the way dogs smell. I have a much easier time dealing with litter boxes than dog smell. I grew up with dogs- I like dogs- but practically all of them stink unless they’re constantly bathed. The worst my cats do is shed.

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My uncle and aunt’s yorkie smells… in a good way though. My aunt puts puppy perfume on her. And little bows in her hair. Aunt used to do the same to her little boy yorkie but he’d have the bow off in no time. I couldn’t really blame him.

On the other hand, my little dog was a right stinker. His breath wasn’t bad but boy, he was kind of ripe, especially when wet. Of course, he hated baths so much that I probably didn’t do it as often as I should have. Poor little thing looked like a drowned rat, not dignified at all.

Of course, all of the preceding was written by a freak with obvious mental “issues” (as labelled by some) so it’s probably not worth the electrons it’s written with.

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My friend’s dog, Scruffy, smells like artificial grape flavouring. To be more specific, she smells like Aussie hair products. My friend doesn’t use Aussie hair products on the dog, she smells that way naturally!

Once I picked my friend up after treating my hair with Aussie 3 Minute Miracle, and my friend said, “You smell like Scruffy!” Gee, thanks. :stuck_out_tongue:

But yeah. Lots of dogs do stink. I love them anyway. I petted the most disgusting dog I’ve ever seen when I was in Mexico, and got dreadfully ill the next day, but she was so sweet and cute. I can’t resist them!