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Is Your Aussie A Little Stinky?

Okay this is my first Aussie I have had many other dogs and he is great except for being a little bit stinky mostly from the back end. I have given him a bath my question is it common because of the skirting in the back end? Don't get me wrong it is not like you can smell him a mile away it is just when you have him up close and it is not like it is unbearable maybe it is just normal Aussie smell...

How often can I bath him with a good soap?

Thanks!

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stinky
by: Gayle-- Big Run Aussies

Aussies actually have very little body odor and are very clean dogs. Their coats seem to shed out dirt in a very short time. You might want to trim his rear end a bit especially in the summer.

Keeping it clean
by: Kathy

Aussies, with 'pants', can get a little messy at times. We do a couple of things - keep the pants area trimmed regularly, particularly round the 'exit' (gross, eh?) Also, we feed a VERY high quality food - good food reduces waste considerably, and the small amount of stool tends to be firm.

A healthy dog should not smell, and Aussies are no exception.

Hope this helps!

Kathy

Stinky
by: Anonymous

My aussie is very clean and hardly ever smells. However, if she has a loose stool I have to clean her back end with dog shampoo/hose. You just have to check for that and also I found hard stool deep in her fur! But overall, she is the cleanest dog I have every had. It's my lab that is stinky all the time!

Non-stinky boy
by: Cathy

I have a 11 week old Aussie who is constantly in the creek next to my house. He is also an inside-dog! I have noticed once he licks himself dry and dries off on the towel provided he looks clean. I don't want to over-do-it by bathing him daily but I do have to bath him at least 2X per week! Is that excessive and will that hurt his skin (making him dry)? I use Baby Shampoo as directed by his veterinarian. Any thoughts? Also, he weighs 22 lbs.! He seems like a whopper! Is that normal for a puppy his age and breed?

Anal Glands
by: Anonymous

Does he smell like fish at all? Sometimes, when they don't have enough solid poos, their anal glands start to get bothered, and they just need to be extracted.

I have 2 Aussies neither smells
by: Anonymous

Of all the breeds I have come in contact with over the years my 2 Aussies have the least amount of dog oder of them all. I noticed that what you feed them makes a difference as their scent changed from when I got them from the breeder to being at my house for about 2wks, initially we feed them Blue Buffalo Freedom, then switched to Orijen, and now Acana. With all of the above brands they have very little body oder, just changed brands due to health considerations and cost. They get a bath with either, Dog Shampoo or J&J Baby Shampoo every 4-6wks or whenever they get into mud, or stinky pond/lake/ocean water. Also if they have diarrhea I was their back side as the skirt catches some of it which they try to clean up themselves by licking and I just cringe, so ask them if they want their tushies washed and they usually jump into the tub all by themselves to have me clean them up. I also trim some of their back skirt to help avoid them soiling on their fur. Hope this helps.

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