Sweating?
Also he seems to get greasy- After his bath he's fluffy and soft, after a while the hair starts to be heavy and greasy- and very prone to matting. Is this normal? |
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The way I understand it, they sweat through their paw pads. I know this because there have been many times Heart has left wet paw prints on the black matting at various classes. When Heart get nervous, she leaves prints wherever whe walks....There are always comments..."Which dog is leaving pawprints on the matting??" And of course I have to say..."It's my Heart!"  |
| Stinky dog is not normal. Your dog may have seborrhea....the wet type. Coat is oily, with yellow flakes and a rancid smell? Causes vary from excess fat in the diet or secondary to some hormonal condition.....hypothyroid comes to mind first. Males who have a retained testical and Sertoli cell tumors, pancreatitis, bitches with extra long heat cycles or false pregnancy, vitamin A deficiency, fleas......... Also some dogs are just more stinky, not only breeds but it also seems to be hereditary....stinky family. But since this is just from heavy exercise, I wouldn't be concerned, just aware something else might be going on and watch. |
| When he's in the house- I don't smell him, not even dog smell. Even hugging him it's a faint dog shampoo smell. (But I think other people think he smells like a regular dog.) It's mainly stinky right after he comes in from outside- then it goes away. (Like the smell of fall that comes in with some one coming home in the evening, except that in Hank's case- its stinky.) No flaking skin or rancid skin smell- just progressively oily hair. It starts feeling greasy. |
| how often do you wash him has he got short or long hair |
| He gets a bath every 1 or 2 months. He HATES baths, so I try to make it last as long as possible. His hair is about 5-8 inches long right now. |
Ah, Nelson brings in that "great outdoors" smell. If someone is burning their fireplace in the neighborhood, he brings that smell in. If someone has spread manure on the nearby farm fields... Skunk sprayed somewhere in the area... he brings that smell in on his fur, too. Luckily it goes away quickly and so far has never gotten directly sprayed.  Could be skin problems, or ear infection. Could be he's peeing and stepping on it? We have a foster now who can shoot quite a stream and has a tendency of hitting his front leg.  |
| Greasy/oily coat makes me think seborrhea. The only place healthy OESs really get a smell is their beards and butts in my experience. Bumble had a smell to him along with a greasy coat... I call it a polluted coat. He started with seborrhea and it went to staph. Seborrhea is often secondary to something else. http://www.vetinfo.com/seborrhea-dog-symptoms.html Maybe try bathing him once a month if he's currently going once every two months. You might try a shampoo that will degrease his coat but you have to be careful that it isn't over-drying or you could end up with other problems. Douxo makes a shampoo specifically for seborrhea. http://www.entirelypets.com/duoxos16.html Bumble hated to be dried...  Thank goodness he adapted...   Hoping Hank just needs to be bathed a little more often.  |
| Have you tried changing his food and the 1st main ingredients? (ie: don't switch from one lamb and rice to a different lamb and rice - maybe chicken and barley, etc.) We've had coat/odor issues with some of our dogs simply from the food. Nothing too severe, but enough that we noticed and changing the food to something else resolved it. |
| Yup. Might give a grain-free food a try. And check thyroid at the next vet visit if he hasn't had a profile done before. Bringing everything in line from the inside may correct the outside. |
| Bloo will come in from a hot day outside and lie on the kitchen tiles. When he gets up the floor is soaked with sweat...........i think its because hes so hot. |
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