I have a male basset hound that is five years old. He has a extremly
bad oder that we have not been able to get rid of, any suggestions
would be very appriciated. Thanks D

Yeast infection of the skin or ears? Dirty ears? In Bassets, with their long
ears, I would look there first!



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I have a male basset hound that is five years old. He has a extremly
bad oder that we have not been able to get rid of, any suggestions
would be very appriciated. Thanks D

"dejablues" wrote in message
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Yeast infection of the skin or ears? Dirty ears? In Bassets, with their
long
ears, I would look there first!

Funghi, fleas, demodex... even one flea can make a sensitive dog scratch
himself raw. Try to use sprays that kill bugs before they reach the skin
rather than stuff that's given through mouth and such.

Demodex is much more difficult to deal with, and bad smell is one of the
symptoms - check with your vet.

Particularly, don't use soaps and shampoons. Wash him in clay baths -
sometimes there's clay available for human cosmetics (should be without
parfumes and such) which is a bit expensive. There's nothing wrong with clay
you dig somewhere out there, boil it, make warm slushy mud and wash him with
it as if with soap solution. Do not rinse, let the muddy dog dry out in the
sun, now that the weather is warm there's no need of a dryer, just brush out
the dust when it dries.

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Zagreb, Croatia | the dirt does not get any worse."
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When the ancient war dogs did battle on 6 Jul 2003 13:16:41 -0700,
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wisdom:

I have a male basset hound that is five years old. He has a extremly
bad oder that we have not been able to get rid of, any suggestions
would be very appriciated. Thanks D

I don't want to be curt, but has the dog seen his vet? That should be
the obvious starting point. HTH...

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try giving it a bath in tammto paste couldda got into it with a skunk

[quote=coonhunter]try giving it a bath in tammto paste couldda got into it with a skunkand thats some hard oder to get rid of

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dejablues Wrote:
Yeast infection of the skin or ears? Dirty ears? In Bassets, with their
long
ears, I would look there first!



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I have a male basset hound that is five years old. He has a extremly
bad oder that we have not been able to get rid of, any suggestions
would be very appriciated. Thanks D-

Mule fan 101,

Have you had your dog's anal sacs checked? They could be full, or impacted.
Also, I see where someone else posted about the ears. I've got an 8 y.o.
male Basset Hound, and his ears do not do well in the summer unless we
constantly clean them (with Wet Ones and the Epi-Otic ear cleaning
fluid/solution).

Seriously... take him to the vet and voice your opinion about the odor. My
Basset only smells bad when he's due for a bath!!

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~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ wrote:
Seriously... take him to the vet and voice your opinion about the odor. My
Basset only smells bad when he's due for a bath!!

"Mule Fan" posted his query in 2003.
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"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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In article ,
~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ wrote:
Seriously... take him to the vet and voice your opinion about the odor.
My
Basset only smells bad when he's due for a bath!!

"Mule Fan" posted his query in 2003.

Oh. Thanks, Mel. I just saw a Basset Hound question and was hoping that
someone wouldn't give up a Basset because of their odor.

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