Why Do My Puppies Smell?

[Asalei]

Serious question, why do my puppies smell? It's not a dirty/un washed type of smell. It's a breath/phlegmy type of smell.

Is that part of kennel cough? They aren't coughing or anything. Sally smells worse than Leia. It's only around their head that they smell.

Very bizarre. Mr Moo Moo (Mojo) smelt like this when he had Kennel Cough, only reason I thought that. It's apparently in epidemic proportions around our area atm.

Sally has a little sore on the outside of her mouth, but Leia doesn't and she has the same smell. I've looked at Leia's teeth and can't see anything obvious like an ulcer or anything.

Any ideas on what it can be?

[Colliewood]

Serious question, why do my puppies smell? It's not a dirty/un washed type of smell. It's a breath/phlegmy type of smell.

Is that part of kennel cough? They aren't coughing or anything. Sally smells worse than Leia. It's only around their head that they smell.

Very bizarre. Mr Moo Moo (Mojo) smelt like this when he had Kennel Cough, only reason I thought that. It's apparently in epidemic proportions around our area atm.

Sally has a little sore on the outside of her mouth, but Leia doesn't and she has the same smell. I've looked at Leia's teeth and can't see anything obvious like an ulcer or anything.

Any ideas on what it can be?

Just a thought, only guessing. Could it be ears?

[Andanin]

Upper respiratory tract infections present with bad breath, so post-nasal drip, ear infections, etc.

[macka]

Have you noticed them shaking their heads or scratching their ears? Could be an ear infection. They're smelly.

[Asalei]

Nah, the smell isn't coming from their ears. That was the first thing we thought of. Definitely from their mouth.

[elleathree]

It could be their eyes, one of my pups had smelly breath and only very slightly runny eyes. The vet said that nothing was wrong but I couldn't put my face near my pups without smelling something just not quite right. After a second visit, the vet suggested bathing my pups eyes because they looked a little irritated by then and I got some eye ointment for conjunctivitis. Within a few days the smelly breath was gone and so was the runny eye problem.

[peigirl]

Are their teeth clean? Tooth decay smells a bit.

[Asalei]

They look very clean with a little yellowing at the bottom near their gums. Is that normal?

I think we might go to the vets this afternoon. Don't want it to be something bacterial and not do anything about it. Sally's just walked outside and whilst she eats grass daily, she doesn't stand out there for 5 minutes scoffing it down.

[puggy_puggy]

Blocked anal glands? Sometimes their breath can smell when their anal glands are blocked.

[Asalei]

really? Never heard that one before.

They do have anal gland issues every now and then, but I've never heard of that one! Will look into it.

[Spot.]

Is the smell coming from their mouth or just around the head area? It could be an ear infection....they stink.