# What dog breeds are naturally smellier/less smelly?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998 "2009-02-09T03:01:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998/21 "2009-02-09T18:18:37Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Cherish that critter, **Really**. I miss mine so much.

I don’t see him very much- he had to stay behind when I went to college (no dogs in dorms), and by the time I moved into apartments he was more into my mother than he was into me. :eek:

He’s an awesome dog, though. Also, incredibly effective for picking up women.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998/22 "2009-02-09T19:42:03Z")

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The “Head Honchette” says any hound (including the Bassett) have the worst smells, but I’m going to also go with the poster who says that the heavy-coated dogs also do have that “auro of reek” about them.

My Belgian Tervurens weren’t as heavy coated as a Malamute or Husky, but yeah, I remember the smell.:eek:

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998/23 "2009-02-09T19:53:15Z")

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Our 2 Boston Terriers don’t have that dog smell at all. However, they make up for it in flatulence!

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dog-breeds-are-naturally-smellier-less-smelly/484998/24 "2009-02-09T19:55:50Z")

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Well, hell, **I** make up for it in flatulence. What good is a dog if you can’t blame it when you fart?

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