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1098760 tn?1266447897

Dog Odor, not the typical

In the past 2 months or so my dog just plain stinks so bad it sets my allergies on fire. I cant close my door to my room if hes in it.

Hes a Service Dog, so, very clean, no he cant roll in anything. dosnt get to play much with other peoples pets. no infections, shaved to the skin, healthy. bathed, not a farts issue. none of the typical obvious questions.

what I wonder is if its because hes Still Intact? He didnt always have this Stink, thats going to force me to get rid of him if I cant make it stop. My allergies getting worse to him. this is nuts. I cant keep a dog if he makes my eyes swell shut :(
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1388999 tn?1370042814
If it means you will have to get rid of him it is worth taking him to the vet to find out what it is.
It should not be too hard to fix it sounds like it could be an infection in his sheath.
Or if the smell is coming through the skin you need something to neutralise it orally.

You could have set up a reaction by shaving him and bathing him too often. Ask one of our resident Vets on here that donate their time they could come up with an answer.

To protect his skin it would be a good idea to put a light weight rug on him when he goes out side.
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1098760 tn?1266447897
its the Strong doggie odor, but its so strong it even makes me natious. I cant bath him more then once a week really or that might make him have skin issues... hes an Aussie pup, just turnd 1yr, hence the not fixed Yet part.

and its not his butt that stinks lol. my nose needs no go there ;)

its a strong wet/stinky dog crossed with musk scent.
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675347 tn?1365460645
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If this is a real foul smell, and not just a strong 'doggy' smell...then it could be he has anal gland leakage?
With some dogs they need their anal glands expressing on a regular basis. Sometimes when they need squeezing out, they leak a little. Pooh!
I guess this could just start up, though he might not have had problems before.

I would not recommend doing this yourself. It can be a nasty smelly job, and if done wrongly can cause pain, so It's better the vet does it. (if it IS that problem) Worth having a little sniff at his butt (rather you than me!) to see if that's where the stink is coming from. If so -off to the vet!
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1394203 tn?1280288148
i dont know what kind of dog u have but i have a part chow and i know in summer he smells realy bad if hes outside in the sun he is 11 yrs old an started this smell when he was about 5 we asked the vet y he has this bad odor an they said cause he sweats through his skin an its just like how we have to wear deoderant due to sweating they told us to buy colloge(sry for spelling) for dogs and it is better on smell but cant spray it with me around cause of my asma  
  hope this helped u some but when u take ur dog in to vet just ask them r if ur vet is like mine u can call an ask an they can suggest some things over phone until u take ur dog in
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