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02-06-2012, 07:24 PM #1Super Moderator
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Hound-y smell?
So.. Willow smells like a dog LOL. After living with two dogs who smell like nothing, I don't like it much, haha. Do they lose their odor after switching to raw for a bit? I know she might always smell a bit since she has long ears and droopy lips etc. I wipe those daily with a baby wipe.
Any tips would be great!
Tess, Italian greyhound, born April 2, 2011 and raw fed since June 5, 2011
Bishop, Shetland sheepdog, born June 25, 2010 and raw fed since August 18, 2011
Willow Hound, basset, born Oct 5, 2001 and raw fed since February 5, 2012
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I would really guess that once on raw for a decent amount of time she will loose a lot of her smell!!
Brody always smelled like a hound(although growing up with the Basset I didnt hate it!LOL) And now....well he doesnt smell like anything!!
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It's just a hound dog thing! Beau smells funny all the time and even after a bath he still has that hound smell.
Welcome to the wonderful world of smelly scent hounds :)
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It also has a TON to do with how they are fed.
Originally Posted by Muttkip
When CB was on KRAPPLE(ie. buy at your local grocery store in the pet isles) food she smelled(I dont really think it is a stink, I love me some nose-rs) FAR worse then when she was in her last year of life and was on grain free!!(and that was even with pretty bad cancer!!)Caty M likes this.^IMO/IME
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Y pit bull smells like a retriever when he is wet, some breeds have specific smell.
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I've had a basset owner who fed high quality grain free tell me that basset's just had a distinct hound smell :-X Dunno though, I've never sniffed one personally LOL.
Thought it was an odd statement though.
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Caty....if you come down here any time soon.....well you have to PROMISE me to bring her with you!!!
I need to smell Basset soon!!!!!!
(The Beagle that Im swapping over to raw for Tif's BF has a nice hound smell.....but there isnt anything like a Basset!!! All that musk and such!!!
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Every bassett I've ever met absolutely REEKED. I was going to put this on the list you posted about which dog breed... that I would put in the huge "con" column.
But I really didn't have the heart to... maybe it's just kibble dogs... and surely they smell better on raw. You'll have to report back. I know exactly what you mean... ick Hopefully raw fixes it!
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Lol it doesn't bother me TOO much but I definitely don't like it! Abi you can have ALL her smell.. LOL.
I plan on giving her a bath tonight and using scented shampoo.. normally I use unscented but I don't think the breeds I have (IG and sheltie) are supposed to smell at all.
Plus I plan on making her a snood tomorrow for eating so her ears won't get all raw meat-y!Liz and Scarlett_O' like this.
Tess, Italian greyhound, born April 2, 2011 and raw fed since June 5, 2011
Bishop, Shetland sheepdog, born June 25, 2010 and raw fed since August 18, 2011
Willow Hound, basset, born Oct 5, 2001 and raw fed since February 5, 2012
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Maybe it's the meat. I spent all one morning looking in all my cabinets underneath for a smell i thought was a godawful mold, until my husband pointed out to me that I hadn't cleaned the top of the counter. It was meat jiuce that smelled so bad. Originally Posted by Caty M
Liz and Scarlett_O' like this. Originally Posted by Donna Little
Mini dachshund Snorkels - 14 years old
Doberman Rebel - 8 years old
both started raw April, 2011
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