De stinking a dog without bathing?

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I bath my dogs as infrequently as I can really, I don't like to overload/strip their coats. However, being farm dogs it's going to be quite apparent they stink after a while and they do come into the kitchen/utility and honk the place out :D
I couldn't give a monkeys, but sensitive OH hates it and complains all the time.
Usually it's Roly's fault :p :D

When I bath the dogs, I don't do any further up than their ears and sometimes i can smell their faces (lol) so is there anything on the market that can help with the pong that doesn't mean a full-body bath?

Thanks, I know this question is cryptic!
 
Babywipes? Alternatively, I use a lemon juice (natural deodouriser)/water solution (half and half) for doggy odours on soft furnishings and can't see any reason you couldn't use a dilution solution on a babywipe or damp flannel if you avoid getting it in the eyes (might sting). Google brings up quite a few pages recommended it for various reasons (flea repellent, dealing with tear stains, etc) but maybe check with your vet first.
 
Our yard owner used tea tree dry shampoo for horses and dreamcoat on her collies and they smell lovely and are wonderfully shiny looking :D
 
No real advice but to sympathise with stinky dogs. My pup had a poo on the back seat of the car this morning and then fell over in it. I hadn't realised my driving was that bad :eek:
 
My dogs get washed quite a bit because they a) are disgusting trolls, especially the younger one, b) spend the whole day in the car with me and c) live in a small flat.

I have a jug of the black Wahl horse shampoo - I mix a little in a spray bottle with water, spray them (so not too soapy) and hose 'em down. (Actually they get in the shower - an essential skill in my house!) Then they have Mark Todd thermals to do the drying. :)

Stinky heads get done with the grooming wipes. I find they DO work better than baby wipes because they are rough textured and a lot wetter. The £ often has them so I bulk buy when I see them.

Actually, their coats are in great shape. They eat a raw diet so perhaps that helps, too.

I have tried the dry shampoos - they are okay but tend to just add perfume to any odour, not actually remove it.
 
FreddiesGal, It was terrible, my other two were hanging their head out the windows desperate for a breath of fresh air. What's worse, she had managed to smear it on my spare jods. Thank God for washable seat covers, the washing machine hasn't stopped all day. Not content with this level of car ruination she then managed to vomit twice in the car this evening :eek:
 
My lab gets filthy at the yard daily and loves to jump in the muddiest, smelliest puddles, but I find a quick swim in the river before bringing him home seems to remove everything (but fox poo!), and he just always smells of slightly dry old biscuits which I think is not an unpleasant smell. I have never fully bathed him in the whole year we have owned him. I am just lucky?
 
I spray them all with bubblegum doggy deodorant i got from pets at home. Still have to bath if they roll in fox poo or like one did last week, a rotting squirrel carcass :(
 
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