As much as I love my lab , he is now 6 months old and is moulting - a lot- I hoover every day. and I have finally got the hairs under control . But I still cant get rid of the doggie smell in the house.  I realise that is something you are going to get having a dog in the house, but can anyone suggest anything that can help.
Many Thanks
Jenny

Have you tried giving him a bath, as he is short coated shouldn't be too difficult.

barbara

I bath him every couple months , so I dont think its that.  I dont want to bath him too often
Jenny

I always worry incase i cant smell anything but others can :rolleyes:

You can use a damp towel with a very small amount of dog shampoo - not enough to foam.  Rub him briskly with the towel, against the way the hair grows and with the way the hair grows.   Rinse the same towel out, or use a clean one, get it very damp with plain water and give him another rub down.  

It leaves the oils on his skin and hair, but takes away the doggy odour.

Stacey

i will try that, does anyone know of any good products for the house?
Jenny

I don't use any of the powder Shake & Vac type stuff because so many dogs are allergic. Best I've found of the ambi-pur plug-in thingies - expensive but good. Next door have got cats & their house always smells lovely with the ambi pur.

frebreeze or odour eliminater from your vet or spray a bit of perfume on your radiators when they heat up its like the plug ins only cheaper as for the dog could be the food he has that makes in smell doggier try a food like burns if he does'nt already have this food its suppose to help with this kind of thing i feed it to my 3 and they don't smell very doggy at all so it could well be the food!

also from your vet is pet fresh which you spray directly onto the dog

oooh - i bought some Pet-Fresh at Crufts! Brilliant stuff....

Having to ration its use though, as I don't think its sold over here in Ireland...so it'll have to last until next year's Crufts! ;o)

I burn oils in a oil burner.  You can get some lovely smelling ones from Body Shop.  Got some today, the new one out "Green Tea" is really nice.  People always comment when they come into my house that you wouldnt know that dogs live there.

Pet fresh

Not to be sprayed on the animals...but will get rid of doggy smells in furniture, carpets, bedding etc....

i have read somewhere to try the tumble dryer sheets bounce etc to get rid of the doggy smells havent tried it myself has anyone else? and if yes does it work?

Michelle

Vinegar (the clear sort, can't remember what it is called, but NOT white wine style) in a little bowl will actually eliminate the odour rather than cover it up.  I have some discreetly on the bookshelf my boy tends to sleep behind.

thanks for all your posts, ive been burning some candles in the house that I bought at M&S and they seem to have helped.  But, I think I will have to go and get some plug ins and start burning some oils.
Jenny
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Burning oils.  I've found best at neutralising 'odour de damp dog' is lemon musk.
Sally

Easier than burning oils is Yankee's Wax Tarts, they come in loads of lovely fragrances and last for hours.  You don't need water either, just an oil burner & some unscented tea lights.   They cost about 75p each, I have 3 different ones on the go usually dotted about the house & it's masks 4 Munsters, but then I don't find them a "smelly" breed unless they've rolled in Mr.Foxy's doings.... :(

Hi sorry to sort of hi jack this post but i wanted to ask a question ,i have a female ,&she has been spayed ,she is 15 months old ,she is white so has a bath approx once a month  ,she very rarely "smells doggy "my friend has a male  who is approx 18 months and is still entire ,short haired but allways smells very doggy ,even though he also has frequent baths ! does the doggy smell make a difference if the dog has "not been done" or can different breeds smell more doggy than others ,my MIL Ridgeback smelt very musty ,just interested if anyone knew why the difference ? Bye Sue T.xx

Hi Sue T,

Yes, certain breeds do smell more than others.  I have a Samoyed and Malamute.  They both get a bath every 6 months and they never have that doggy odour.  I am very fussy about that as I know someone who has a Golden Retriever and Spaniel and their house always has that 'smell' to it.  They keep there dogs clean and bathe them more than we do.  Whenever we have visitors, they often cannot believe we have 2 dogs!  I heard once before (don't know how true it is) that dogs with floppy ears (Spaniels, Retrievers etc) smell more 'doggy' than dogs with upright ears. 

Nanuk

I have found that, generally, the shorter the coat, the less smell. I have dalmatians, the youngest of whom is going on 5 years old, and has never been bathed (not a showdog! ;) ). He looks perfectly clean, and, like the others, has no 'doggy' odour.
:)

i've always found that labradors leave houses smelly whenever i have gone to houses who own them. i dont knwo why. We have two dogs one is a collie cross and the other is still apuppy but the adult of them (leonbergers) we have met, did not smell doggy.  Our other dog who died smelt, but our house according to visitors doesnt smell!
I have to say doggy smells are gross - i'm a horseperson first, so i love the smell of them, but goign to doggy kennels YUK - it stinks!

After many months trying to get rid of doggy odours I've found the essential oil 'lemongrass' to be the best. I burn it in the house and also just put a couple of drops on the dogbed too and it really takes the whiff away. On the dogs, I use Groomers Evening Primrose conditioning spray on them and they always smell lovely and clean!

my mum is always paranoid about doggie smells, esp as tess my lab has terrible smelly feet, she always has, we took all our carpets up and varnished our floors so all the floors are now wooden or tiled in the kitchen and bathroom, this helps to keep the smell down, mum also burns candles some in the kitchen where the dogs spend the day time and in the living room as the dogs come in int he evening, their blankets are washed daily and the dogs are washed at least every 2 months, or if they get very dirty whilst out, which seeing as i have two labs and a spaniel it isnot hard for the to get dirty whilst out water and mud is attracted to them like magnets :D most of the time i let them dry and then brush them out and spray them with velvet coat (smells like baby powder) or in the case of manky pond water they are straight in the bath when they get home.
But when we took tess to the vet about her chewing her feet he said she had a yeast infection and i was given shampoo for her she now has her feet and chin washed daily, the redness in her feet has gone done and the smelly feet has almost gone, and aparantley yeast infections are most common in labs which causes the cheesey feet smell (was told this by a specialist dermotoligist [sp?] vet whom we saw on friday with bruno the rotti from work), different dogs are affected to different degrees tess' was bad in the way that she was chewing her feet and spreading the infection to different parts of her body such as her chin.
IF you notice that your dog is chewing his feet and has redness between the toes then best to get him checked out just in case.
tanya

I use Tea Trea Oil Dry Grooming spray and it keeps them smelling lovely and their coat nice. 
I find it far better to take the doggy smell away from the dog than have to pong the whole house out with something to mask it.  Oil burners, pot pourri and stuff like that tends to set me away with a runny nose and headaches :(
I occasionally use a spray on leave in conditioner on their coats as well and it makes them soft and shiny and smelling great.  They can be cheap too :)
Lara x